candidatum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →candido, candidare, candidavi, candidatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
make glittering/bright; make white;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →candidata, candidatae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
candidate (for office) (female); aspirant; office seeker;
gen. pl. - Entry →candidatus, candidati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
candidate (office) (white toga); aspirant/office seeker; one who strives for;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →candidatus, candidatus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Government
candidacy (for office);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →candidatus, candidata, candidatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dressed in white/whitened clothes;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...dispensationem cuidam quasi fratri petentem cum distulisset, ipsum candidatum ad se vocavit; exactaque pecunia, quantam is cum suffragatore..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praetori generum destinatum, te [omnium spes] avitae eloquentiae candidatum, superstes parens tantum in, poenas: et si non cupido..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aetatem constat nec quemquam ferme ex Pollia tribu candidatum Papiriam ferre solitum. Insequenti anno, Q. Fabio L. Fuluio..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...ambo, Q. Metellum, cui postea Cretico cognomentum fuit, candidatum praetorium sacra via de[ducen]tis, cum magno tumultu..."Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...meum, hoc fides, hoc etiam dignitas postulat. Suscepi candidatum, et suscepisse me notum est; ego ambio, ego periclitor..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...ille mihi tutor relictus affectum parentis exhibuit. Sic candidatum me suffragio ornavit; sic ad omnes honores meos..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...consulem, et mox consularem, sed ut candidatum consulatus putem. Pliny the Younger The Latin Library The Classics Page..."
