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bissextus dies -> bissextus, intercalary day

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bissextus dies -> bissextus, intercalary day

bissextus , n.
February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.
[< LL bissextus (dies) intercalary (day); see BIS1, SEXT; so called because the 6th day before the Calends of March (Feb. 24th) appeared twice every leap year]

intercalary, adj.
1.   interpolated; interposed.
2.   inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day or month.
3.   having such an inserted day, month, etc., as a particular year.
[1605–15; < L intercalarius, equiv. to intercal(are) to INTERCALATE + -arius -ARY]
(Webster's)

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