286. From the same root come our words "fate," "fanatic," etc. "Fanaticum dicitur arbor fulmine icta."—Festus, 69.
287. From "sacrare" or "consecrare." Hence sacrament and sacerdotal.
288. The word "calendar" is itself derived from the Roman "Kalends," the first day of the month.
289. See Merivale, The Conversion of the Roman Empire, Lect. IV. p. 74.
290. Döllinger, Gentile and Jew. Funke, Real Lexicon. Festus.
291. Book I. 592.
292. IV. 593.
293. De Divinatione, II. 12, etc.
294. A Greek epigram, recently translated, alludes to the same fact:—
"Honey and milk are sacrifice to thee,