caelibis
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);
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. 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;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."
