kalendarium Latin · revision 9172

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=la kalendae}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.ɫɛnˈdaː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.lenˈdaː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''kalendārium''' ''n'' (genitive kalendāriī or kalendārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''calendārium''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==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.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Seneca's ''De beneficiis'' and ''Letters''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a book recording the monthly interest on loans, an account book, a ledger, and figuratively a household's fortune.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a calendar of dates, as of Easter and Pentecost in the liturgical year.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''calendier'' “list, register” it gave [[en|calendar]] about 1200, “the year divided into days and months”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of an account book.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''calendar'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An interest book, account book, ledger.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|calendar]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[kalendae]]

+ * [[en|calendar]]

+ * [[en|calends]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}