caelibum
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);
gen. pl. (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;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...secundum condicionem controversiarum plures subire personas, patrum filiorum, caelibum maritorum, militum rusticorum, divitum pauperum, irascentium deprecantium, mitium asperorum..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Poppaea, quam senior Augustus post Iulias rogationes incitandis caelibum poenis et augendo aerario sanxerat. nec ideo coniugia..."
