candēla — Lewis & Short
candēla, ae, f.candeo; Fr. chandelle, Engl. candle; hence,
I a light made of wax or tallow, a wax-light, tallow-candle, taper.
I Lit., Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 727; Col. 2, 22, 3;
as a light of the poor, diff. from lucerna, used by the rich,Mart. 14, 43.—
Hence, brevis,Juv. 3, 287:
ancilla lucernae,Mart. 14, 40;
of peeled rushes, used in funeral processions,Plin. 16, 37, 70, § 178; Pers. 3, 103.—
II Meton.
A Fire:
candelam apponere valvis,to set fire to the doors, Juv. 9, 98 (cf. id. 13, 146).—
B A cord covered with wax (which preserved it from decay):
in alterā (arcā) duo fasces candelis involuti septenos habuere libros,Liv. 40, 29, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. Hem. ap. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 86;
used in cleansing and polishing,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Vitr. 7, 9, 3.