The corpus record — Latin

candelabrum

candelabrum · n

a candleslick

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Where it lives

De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
De agri cultura 2 · 1.28/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
In C. Verrem 6 · 0.6/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

candēlābrum — Lewis & Short

candēlābrum, i, n. (old form can-dēlāber, m., like arater for aratrum, acc. to candēlābrus,

Arn. 1, p. 36: Petr. 75. 10.—

I Acc.: candelabrum ardentem, Caecil. Com. Fragm. 111, ap. Non. p. 202, 16) [candela]: in quo figunt candelam candelabrum appellant, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 225; cf. id. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 ib.; a candleslick, a branched candlestick, a chandelier, candelabrum, or also lamp-stand, light-stand, sometimes of exquisite workmanship, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183; 2, 4, 26, § 60; 2, 4, 28, §§ 64 and 65; Vitr. 7, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 99; Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11 al.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 727; Mart. 14, 43.

In the wild

candelabro Martial, Epigrammata 14.44.2
candelabra Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.5.3
candelabrum Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.67
candelabrum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 34.3.p1
candelabrorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 34.3.p1
candelabrum Petronius, Satyricon 64

6 of 28 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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