July七月
Thefirstmonthinthecalendarnamedafterarealperson,JulywasnamedinhonourofJuliusCaesarafterhisdeathin44BC,Julybeingthemonthofhisbirth.Beforeitwasrenamed,themonthwasknownasQuintilis(borrowedintoEnglishasQuintile),whichmeans‘fifth’.Ifyou’vebeencounting,you’llknowthatJulyisn’tthefifthmonth:we’ll
“September”之所以在“Quinitlis”和“Sextilis”之后,因为它来源于拉丁语“septem”,这里是第七的意思。这样的话,算上日历本里剩下的月份,我们现在有点混乱了。“September”起初在古罗马10个月的日历中是排第七个的,那个10个月的日历中,第一个月份是“March”
October十月
Moreofthesame:octoistheLatinfor‘eight’,forthattenmonthcalendar.TwomonthswereaddedtotheendofthecalendaryeararoundBC,andthebeginningoftheyearwasmovedto1JanuaryinBC.
同样地,“octo”在拉丁语中是“eight”(八)的意思,因为那个10个月的日历。大约在公元前年的时候,日历的最后加上了两个月,在公元前年的时候,一年的开始从一月份计算了。
November十一月
Thepatterncontinues:November