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candidatus

dressed in white

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Where it lives

Commentariolum Petitionis 2 · 4.61/10k
Pro L. Murena 3 · 2.84/10k
Divus Augustus 3 · 2.24/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 3 · 1.63/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 1 · 0.86/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 39 1 · 0.68/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. candidatus — de Vaan

candidatus 'dressed in white' (P1.+); candela 'candle' (Varro, Hem.4), candelabrum stand for burning candles' (Cato+); candefacio 'to make white' (P1.+), excandescere 'to catch fire' (Cato+); cicindela 'firefly' (Plin., Paul exR). Pit. *kand-e- 'to shine'. PIE *knd-ro-, -no- 'shining'. IE cognates: W. conn 'brilliant', MBret conn 'frill moon' < *knd-; Skt chandas- [n.] 'hymn of praise' < *skend-os-, candra- … — [de Vaan, s.v. candidatus, p. 101]

2. candĭdātus — Lewis & Short

candĭdātus, a, um, adj.candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater.

I In adj. uses,

A Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose; Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12: mastigia, id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. stef. 1, 67.—

B Trop.: farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi, App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.—

II Subst.

A candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).

1 Lit.: praetorius, a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57: tribunicii, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10: consulatus, Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4: aedilitatis ac mox praeturae, id. Vesp. 2: quaesturae, id. Tib. 42: summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae, id. Galb. 14: sacerdotiorum, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.— From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum, Cic. Pis. 23, 55: improbitati irasci candidatorum, id. Mil. 16, 42: aedilitas alicui candidato data, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37: candidatus Caesaris, a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.—Hence prov.: petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus, i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.—In the time of the emperors: candidati Principis, quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.—

2 Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.): candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae, Plin. Pan. 63, 1: majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus, Quint. 12, 2, 27: Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis, i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108: aeternitatis, Tert. Res Carn. 58: philosophiae, Symm. Ep. 1, 41.—

B candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.): sacerdotii, Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

3. candĭdātus — Lewis & Short

candĭdātus, ūs, m.id.,

I a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

In the wild

candidato Seneca, De Beneficiis 7.28.2
candidato Seneca, De Consolatione ad Marciam 6.24.3
Candidati Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.19.1
candidati Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 25.3.6
candidato Suetonius, Divus Claudius 40.2
candidati Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.5.14.2

6 of 50 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. candidatus (scan p. 101; entry #194). Root candidates: *kand-, *kndrro-.

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