candidiora
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lotus, iam soleatus erit. Lintea si sumes, nive candidiora loquetur, Sint licet infantis sordidiora sinu. Exiguos secto comentem..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...primis niuibus sint aemula dona, non sunt Parthenio candidiora suo. Non ego praetulerim Babylonos picta superbae texta, Samiramia..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Dulcia cum tantum scribas epigrammata semper et cerussata candidiora cute, nullaque mica salis nec amari fellis in illis..."- G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...dicam, Gelli, quare rosea ista labella hiberna fiant candidiora nive, mane domo cum exis et cum te octava..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...illa quidem nostro subiecit eburnea collo bracchia Sithonia candidiora nive, osculaque inseruit cupida luctantia lingua lascivum femori supposuitque..."