Difference between revisions of "August"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89914" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89914" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. </p> <p> (2): (a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67979" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67979" /> == | ||
<p> Originally called Sextilis, as the sixth month of the | <p> Originally called Sextilis, as the sixth month of the Roman year, which began in March, and named August in honour of Augustus, as being the month identified with remarkable events in his career. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 01:01, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
(2): (a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Originally called Sextilis, as the sixth month of the Roman year, which began in March, and named August in honour of Augustus, as being the month identified with remarkable events in his career.
