October (Roman month) October (Roman month) October (from Latin "octo", "eight") or mensis October was the eighth of ten months on the oldest Roman calendar. It had 31 days. October followed September (from "septem", "seven") and preceded November ("novem", "nine"). After the calendar reform that resulted in a 12-month year, October became the tenth month, but retained its numerical name, as did the other months from September through December. Some of the observances in October marked the close of the season for military campaigning and farming, which commenced in March ("Martius", "Mars' month"). October was under the guardianship "(tutela)" of Mars. The Romans
Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources the other covering 1066 to 1600 for a dictionary of "late medieval British Latin". By 1932 the Academy felt that they could usefully publish the first fruits of the project, which appeared in 1934 as the "Medieval Latin Word-List from British and Irish Sources", prepared by J. H. Baxter and Charles Johnson. A "Revised Word-List" prepared by Ronald Latham appeared in 1965. The DMLBS was published in printed fascicules, from 1975 to 2013, by Oxford University Press: A binding case for the first five fascicules was supplied with Fascicule V, forming a first volume (A–L). However, no further binding cases