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: Quintessential
As the movie starring Bruce Willis has it, The Fifth Element is the thing of which the heavens are made, ruling over the four elements of our world: earth, wind, fire, and water. In Latin, this fifth substance is the quinta essentia, the without-which-nothing quest of the early alchemists, who believed it could not only produce gold but also yield eternal life.

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