caelibi
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)dat. 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;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...cena; hoc viro, hoc feminae, hoc marito, hoc caelibi convenit'. Ista enim qui diligentissime monent ipsi facere..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...intractabilem? exosus omne feminae nomen fugit, immitis annos caelibi uitae dicat, conubia uitat: genus Amazonium scias. Ph. Hunc..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...filius in re praeclara sublatus aletur, ne manifestum caelibis obsequium nudet te, leniter in spem adrepe officiosus..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...orto apud libertos certamine, quis deligeret uxorem Claudio, caelibis vitae intoleranti et coniugum imperiis obnoxio. nec minore ambitu..."
