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The calends ((ラテン語:kalendae), "the called") were the first days of each month of the Roman calendar. The Romans assigned these calends to the first day of the month, signifying the start of the new moon cycle. On that day, the pontiffs would announce at the Curia Calabra the number of days until the upcoming month at which time the debtors had to pay off their debts that were inscribed in the ''kalendaria'', a sort of accounts book. The date (in this calendar system) was measured ''forward'' to upcoming days such as the calends, nones or ides. Thus, while modern calendars count the number of days ''after'' the first of each month, III. Kal. Ian. would be December 30th, three days (counting inclusively) ''before'' the first of January. To find the day of the calends of the current month, one counts how many days remain in the month, and add two to that number. For example, April 22, is the 10th of the calends of May, because there are 8 days left in April, to which 2 being added, the sum is 10.〔("Calends" ), Chambers' Cyclopaedia (1728), Vol. 1, p. 143〕 Computation of the days of the month from calends can be done using the following verses: This word forms the basis of the English word ''calendar''. The Latin term is traditionally written with initial ''K'', following the ancient custom using this letter in a few words beginning with the sequence ''ka''. The calends was a feature of the Roman calendar, absent from the Greek calendars. Accordingly, to postpone something ''ad Kalendas Graecas'' ("to the Greek calends") meant postponing it forever. The phrase survived over the centuries in Greek and in the Romance languages ((イタリア語:alle calende greche); (フランス語:aux calendes grecques); (ポルトガル語:às calendas gregas); (ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():la Calendele Grecesti); etc.). ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calends」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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