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Small typos in Roman calendar #4727

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While simulating the sky on the day of Caesar's assassination (15 March 44 BC), I noticed that the Calendar plugin outputs "Ides Martii", while correct Latin would be "Idus Martii Martiae".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idus#Latin

Also, since Idus is a feminine plurale tantum, other months should be feminine plural (Ianuariae, Februariae, Maiae, Iuniae, Iuliae, Augustae). Aprilis, Septembris, Octobris, Novembris and Decembris seems fine, since already in antiquity they seem to have preferred the singular form.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/October#Latin

The accusative plural adjective forms Aprīlīs, Septembrīs, Octōbrīs, Novembrīs, Decembrīs[2] are ambiguous in writing, being spelled identically to the genitive singular forms of the nouns; nevertheless, the use of ablative singular forms in -ī and comparison with the usage of other month names as adjectives supports the interpretation of -is as an accusative plural adjective ending in Classical Latin phrases such as "kalendas Septembris".[3]

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