Talk:Quintilus

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Created
The article "Quintilus" was created to explain the usage as the 5th month of the Roman calendar as well as in Roman names. -Wikid77 (talk) 06:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Both Quintilis mensis and Quintilus
15-March-2008: Actually, both names are used as "Quintilis" ("fifth") and "Quintilus" (fifth month) with the Latin phrase "quintilis mensis" (meaning "fifth month"). The confusion might stem from an elliptical phrase of "Quintilis" as implying "quintilis mensis" just as Americans say "The Fourth" (meaning the Fourth of July). After months of study, I confirmed that the month names end in "us" (with Quintilus followed by Sextilus). This should have been clarified months (years) ago, but at least User:Scottie theNerd had identified "Quintilus" as the fifth month back in August 2006, and the clarification involves creating new articles Quintilus and Sextilus plus noting "sextilis mensis" as meaning "6th month" as a phrase. -Wikid77 (talk) 03:52, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

So wrong it's hard to know where to start
This is absolute nonsense and should be a textbook example of OR. The above user "confirmed" after "months of study" that "the month names end in 'us'!" Via his/her own personal research, apparently, whose sources must remain mysterious. The only instances I can find where "Quintilus" with a "u" is found are in poorly-proofed popular articles where the misspelling went unnoticed. "Quintilus" is a solœcism on par with giving the Latin name of April as "Aprilus" (which, by the way, can be found in the same sorts of poorly-proofed popular articles).

I'm converting this to a redirect to Quintilis. RandomCritic (talk) 04:00, 23 December 2009 (UTC)