Greek calends

plural noun

variants or Greek kalends

: a time that will never arrive

a bill he planned to pay at the Greek calends

Word History

Etymology

translation of Latin kalendas graecas (in ad kalendas graecas solvere to go without paying, literally, to pay at the Greek calends); from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon time by calends

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“Greek calends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Greek%20calends. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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