Candela, candélæ, pen. prod. Plin. A candell.Candelæ filum dispensare & temperare. Iuuenal. Candelam apponere. Iuuenal. Candelas sebare. Colum. To make tallow candels.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
candēla, ae, f. [candeo; Fr. chandelle, Engl. candle; hence], 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.