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Intercalary adj.

(Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. "Intercalary spines." "This intercalary line... is made the last of a triplet."

Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs.

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... of the roads, and, as Appian tells us,[132] although "he knew that he could not carry any such measure, he hoped that Pompey's friends would oppose him so that he might have that as an excuse for opposing Pompey." The second measure was to insert an intercalary month. It will be remembered that before Caesar reformed the calendar, it was necessary to insert an extra month in alternate years, and 50 B.C. was a year in which intercalation was required. Curio's proposal was, therefore, a very proper one. ...

— The Common People of Ancient Rome - Studies of Roman Life and Literature • Frank Frost Abbott

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