Today I learned something new about the Roman calendar.
Calends, nones, and Ides.
Education never ceases.
The Ides of March - also May, July, and October
by Tara N Seals 6 Replies latest jw friends
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compound complex
The very points I made in today's class -- please see punctuation thread!
Calends, nones, and Ides.
Thanks, Tara.
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Tara N Seals
Your punctuation thread is what jogged my memory!
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dropoffyourkeylee
Beware the Ides of March!
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compound complex
The Romans did not count days in the month as a simple number, as we do, but backwards from one of three fixed points in the month: the Kalends, the Nones, and the Ides. The Kalends are always the first of the month. The Nones fell on the 7th day of the long months (March, May, Quinctilis, October), and the 5th of the others. (Note that this long-short distinction refers to their length in the republican calendar, not the later version.) Likewise, the Ides fell on the 15th if the month was long, and the 13th if the month was short. The day before the Kalends (or Nones or Ides) was called "pridie" (or 2) Kalends, the day before that 3, etc. Therefore, May 3rd would be the 5 Nones of May; March 17 = 16 Kalends of April, or as you would find it abbreviated in a Latin text: a.d. xvi Kal. Apr.; (a.d. = ante diem).
https://www.polysyllabic.com/?q=calhistory/earlier/roman/kalends
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JRK
Et tu?
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Tara N Seals
Hail, CoCo!
I bow to thee.