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
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...prior fasces sumit. Super his autem, qui aut caelibes ambo sunt et parem numerum filiorum habent aut mariti..."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..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...sancta Venus molli requiescere somno desertum in lecto caelibe perpetitur, nec veterum dulci scriptorum carmine Musae oblectant..."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..."
