candida
Dictionary entries
- Entry →candida, candidae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Arts
games/play presented by a candidate for office;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →candido, candidare, candidavi, candidatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
make glittering/bright; make white;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →candidus, candida -um, candidior -or -us, candidissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bright, clear, transparent; clean/spotless; lucid; candid; kind; innocent, pure;; radiant, unclouded; (dressed in) white; of light color; fair skinned, pale;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →candidum, candidi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
white (of an egg);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mammicula opprimit aut, si lubet, corpora conduplicantur, manu candida cantharum dulciferum propinat amicissima amico: ibi iam neque esse..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cedas die, ut mortalis inlucescat luce clara et candida. atque quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxuma, tanto brevior..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pendent limine serta, infulaque in geminos discurrit candida postes, 355legitimaeque faces, gradibusque adclinis eburnis stat torus et picto..."Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...esset reus, neque barbam desisse radi neque non candida veste uti neque fuisse cultu solito reorum..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...incuriose et abiecte verbum positum in his versibus: candida succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris Dulichias vexasse rates et gurgite..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...insignem conscendere currum * * * tu mihi supremae praescripta ad candida callis currenti spatium praemonstra, callida musa Calliope, requies hominum..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aperto lumine rursum omnia convisunt clara loca candida luce, nunc redeo ad mundi novitatem et mollia terrae arva..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...civitate caelitum. ita sum, ut videtis, splendens stella candida, signum quod semper tempore exoritur suo hic atque..."
