kalendarium

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ka.ɫɛnˈdaː.ri.ũː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.lenˈdaː.ri.um]^[1]

Forms

kalendārium n (genitive kalendāriī or kalendārī); second declension^[1] It is also spelled calendārium.^[2]

Etymology

It is from kalendae “the Calends, first day of the month” with the suffix -ārium, because interest on loans fell due on the Calends.^[2][3][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Gaffiot cites Seneca's De beneficiis and Letters.^[5] Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant a book recording the monthly interest on loans, an account book, a ledger, and figuratively a household's fortune.^[2][3][5]

British Medieval Latin used it for a calendar of dates, as of Easter and Pentecost in the liturgical year.^[7] Through Old French calendier “list, register” it gave English calendar about 1200, “the year divided into days and months”.^[4]

Timeline

• 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of an account book.^[5][6]
• c. 1200 – English calendar is recorded.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. An interest book, account book, ledger.^[2]
2. (Medieval Latin) A calendar.^[7]

Related words

• kalendae
• English calendar
• English calends

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press