candidissimum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quidem et statim et semper, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum uelim, ut Liuium a pueris..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...statim traderem. ad Vrsum quoque nostrum, iuvenem candidissimum et sine iactura desidiae doctissimum, scriptam de amisso puero consolationem..."
