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
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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...cubaret, ante mensam se posuit. Tum Trimalchio iactans candidum panem: "Nemo, inquit, in domo mea me plus amat..."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..."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..."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..."
