calendary (kalendar i)

[L. calendar i us, kalendar i us: see calendar, n.] Belonging to the calendar. The usual or calendary month. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iv. 12. calends, kalends (kal'endz), n . pl . [ ka- lendes , rarely sing., the first day of the month, calend , a month, calendæ , in cla i- cal L. usually kalendæ , pl., the first day of the month, also by extension a month, calere , calare = Gr. καλεῖν , call, summon (not connect- ed with E. call1 ). The reason of the name is uncertain.] 1. In the Roman calendar, the first day of the month. From this the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides, which in March, May, July, and October corresponded to the 15th, and in all the other months to the 13th day of the month. Thus the 16th day of March by our reckoning was in the Roman calendar the 17th day before the calends of April (the first of April being included), or more briefly 17th calends; the 14th day of January was the 19th day before the calends of February; the 14th day of any month with thirty days being the 18th before the calends of the succeeding month. 2t. The beginning or first period. Now of hope the kalendes bigynne. Chaucer , Troilus, ii. 7. On or at the Greek calends (Latin ad kalendas Græcas), at no time; never: an ancient Roman phrase alluding to the fact that the Greeks had nothing corresponding to the Roman calends; hence, to say that a debt would be paid at the Greek calends meant that the debt would never be paid. Calendulal (ka-len dū-lä), n. [NL., dim., calendæ , the first day of the month; from its producing flowers almost all the year round.] A genus of plants, natural order Compos itæ , with yellow or orange flowers, having a powerful but not pleasant odor, natives of the Medi terrane an region; the marigolds. The common or pot marigold, C. officinal is, is an old ornament of country gardens. Its flowers are used to give a yellow color to cheese, and to adulterate saffron. In medicine it has had repute as a remedy for cancer and other diseases, and its tincture is used as a cure for wounds and bruises. IMG:content-2929.png:[graphic]