Kalends
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Kalends were the first days of each month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which other dates in that month were reckoned.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
day in the Roman calendar
ⓘ
timekeeping concept ⓘ |
| administrativeSignificance | used for accounting and debt records ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman civil administration
ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ Roman timekeeping ⓘ |
| calendarSystem |
Julian calendar as used by Romans
ⓘ
pre-Julian Roman calendar ⓘ |
| chronologicalRole | starting boundary of the Roman month ⓘ |
| contrastWith | modern practice of numbering days sequentially from 1 to 31 ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin "Kalendae" or "Calendae" ⓘ |
| function | reference point for reckoning other dates in the month ⓘ |
| influenceOnCultures | later European calendrical traditions ⓘ |
| influenceOnLanguages | medieval Latin timekeeping terminology ⓘ |
| linguisticInfluence | origin of the word "calendar" ⓘ |
| notation | often abbreviated in Latin inscriptions as "K." or "Kal." ⓘ |
| occursInEvery | Roman month ⓘ |
| positionInMonth | first day of the month ⓘ |
| reckoningMethod | other days counted backward from Kalends, Nones, or Ides ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Roman month ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ides
ⓘ
Nones ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | often associated with offerings and rituals ⓘ |
| status | fixed point in the Roman month ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dating legal documents in ancient Rome
ⓘ
dating public events in ancient Rome ⓘ dating religious observances in ancient Rome ⓘ |
| usedIn | ancient Roman calendar ⓘ |
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