caelibe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caelebs, (gen.), caelibis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
unmarried (usu. men), single, widowed, divorced; celibate; not supporting vines;; unmarried (usu. men), single, widowed, divorced; not supporting vines (trees);
abl. sg. (all) - Entry →caelebs, caelibis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
unmarried man, bachelor, widower; celibate (eccl.);; unmarried man, bachelor, widower;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...prior fasces sumit. Super his autem, qui aut caelibes ambo sunt et parem numerum filiorum habent aut mariti..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nomina sua ipsi inscripserunt, ingenioseque visus est Gavius "caelibes" dicere veluti "caelites", quod onere gravissimo vacent, idque Graeco..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...sancta Venus molli requiescere somno desertum in lecto caelibe perpetitur, nec veterum dulci scriptorum carmine Musae oblectant..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...corruptos saepe pravitatibus uxorum maritos: num ergo omnis caelibes integros? placuisse quondam Oppias leges, sic temporibus rei publicae..."
