In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).

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Titera's Tidbit: Gladiolus
Pliny the Elder, the great Roman naturalist, applied the Latin word gladiolus, meaning a small sword (gladius) of the kind a gladiator -- that is, a swordsman -- might carry, to this plant and its elegant, swordlike leaves.

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