candĭdus — Lewis & Short
candĭdus, a, um, adj.candeo,
I of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).
I Lit.
A In gen.
1 Of shining objects, bright:
stella splendens candida,Plaut. Rud. prol. 3:
sidera,Lucr. 5, 1209:
luna,Verg. A. 7, 8:
lux clara et candida,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so,
clarā loco luce,Lucr. 5, 777:
stellae,Hor. C. 3, 15, 6:
color candidus Saturni,Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:
flamma,Val. Fl. 8, 247:
Taurus (the constellation),Verg. G. 1, 217:
dies,Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.—
2 Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods:
Cupido,radiant, Cat. 68, 134:
Liber,Tib. 3, 6, 1:
Bassareus,Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31):
Daphnis,Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.—
3 Of birds, animals, etc., white:
anser,Lucr. 4, 685:
avis,i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96:
ales, i. e. cygnus,Auct. Aetn. 88:
candidior cygnis,Verg. E. 7, 38:
aries,id. G. 3, 387:
agnus,Tib. 2, 5, 38:
equi,Tac. G. 10.—
4 Of the dazzling whiteness of snow:
altā nive candidum Soracte,Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.—
5 Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful:
Dido,Verg. A. 5, 571:
Maia,id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56:
candidus et pulcher puer,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4:
puella,Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27:
dux,id. ib. 3, 9:
Lampetie,Ov. M. 2, 349:
membra,id. ib. 2, 607:
cutis,Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189:
pes,Hor. C. 4, 1, 27:
umeri,id. ib. 1, 13, 9:
bracchia,Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24.
colla,id. 3 (4), 17, 29:
cervix,Hor. C. 3, 9, 2:
ora,Ov. M. 2, 861:
sinus,Tib. 1, 10, 68:
dentes,Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.—
6 Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27:
candidior barba,Verg. E. 1, 29:
crinis,Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.:
inducto candida barba gelu,Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.—
7 Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41:
lilia,id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355:
folium nivei ligustri,id. ib. 13, 789:
piper,Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26. —
8 Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.:
vela,Cat. 64, 235:
tentoria,Ov. M. 8, 43:
vestis,Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13;
v. candidatus),Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.—So Cicero's oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.—Sup.:
candidissimus color,Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.—
B Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.—Prov.:
candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere,to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so,
acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere,Juv. 3, 30.—
C In the neutr. absol.:
ut candido candidius non est adversum,Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.:
candidum ovi,the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.—*
D Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying:
Favonii,Hor. C. 3, 7, 1. —
E Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white:
turba,Tib. 2, 1, 16:
pompa,Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906:
Roma, i. e. Romani,Mart. 8, 65, 6.—
F Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.—
G Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.—Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.):
edere candidam,Ambros. Serm. 81.—
II Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.
A Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).—
B Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected:
elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi,Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.—And meton. of the orator himself:
Messala nitidus et candidus,Quint. 10, 1, 113:
dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus,id. 10, 1, 73:
candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum,id. 2, 5, 19.—
C Of purity of mind, character (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open:
judex,Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.):
Maecenas,id. Epod. 14, 5:
Furnius,id. S. 1, 10, 86:
animae,id. ib. 1, 5, 41:
pectore candidus,Ov. P. 4, 14, 43:
ingenium,Hor. Epod. 11, 11:
habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi,Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5:
candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator,Sen. Suas. 6, 22:
humanitas,Petr. 129, 11.—
D Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky:
convivia,joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71.
nox,id. 2 (3), 15, 1:
omina,id. 4 (5), 1, 67:
fata,Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142:
pax,Tib. 1, 10, 45:
natalis,id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: candĭdē.
1 Acc. to I., in dazzling white' vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.—
2 Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.—
III As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.