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Quintilis

Quintilis proper noun: the month of the ancient Roman calendar which became July, the fifth month when the year began with March and the seventh after it began with January.

Proper noun

Quintilis

  1. (historical) The month of the ancient Roman calendar which became July, the fifth month when the year began with March and the seventh after it began with January.
    • You keep on making me expect you again and again. Only the other day, when I thought you on the point of arriving I was suddenly put off by you till Quintilis (July).1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 11
    Synonyms:
    July, Julius, Quintile

Synonyms of Quintilis

Origin of Quintilis

Learned borrowing from Latin Quīntīlis (“Fifth Month”).

Questions about Quintilis

What does Quintilis mean?
Quintilis means the month of the ancient Roman calendar which became July, the fifth month when the year began with March and the seventh after it began with January.
What part of speech is Quintilis?
Quintilis is a proper noun.

Words near Quintilis in the dictionary

  1. quintics
  2. quintile
  3. quintiled
  4. quintiles
  5. Quintilian
  6. Quintilis
  7. quintilise
  8. quintilised
  9. quintille
  10. quintilliard
  11. quintilliards

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