candelae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →candela, candelae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tallow candle/taper; waxen cord; fire (L+S); small taper/candle (Ecc);
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quem luna solet deducere vel breve lumen candelae, cuius dispenso et tempero filum, contemnit. miserae cognosce prohoemia rixae..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...puero namque lucerna tuo. XLIII Candelabrum Corinthium. Nomina candelae nobis antiqua dederunt: Non norat parcos uncta lucerna patres..."
