candidum
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;
gen. pl. - 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.) - Entry →candidum, candidi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
white (of an egg);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...mihi calidusque sanguis, pectore exciperem deum. Appellite aris candidum tergo bouem curuoque numquam colla depressam iugo. Tu lucis..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...cubaret, ante mensam se posuit. Tum Trimalchio iactans candidum panem: "Nemo, inquit, in domo mea me plus amat..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...facundia, tanta in explicando quod velit gratia, tam candidum et leve et speciosum dicendi genus, tanta verborum etiam..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vocaret: "quamvis reus sum", inquit, "et panem tamen candidum edo". LXI. Adhuc est subtilior illa ex simili tralatio..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...petitore, alterum si a possessore esset acturus -, quod candidum splenium in hoc aut in illud supercilium transferebat, quod..."
