Cándido, cándidas, penult. corr. candidâre. Pompon. To make white.Candidatus. pen. prod. Plaut.Clothed in whide.Candidati.Cic.They which stand and labont for any office. so called, because among the Romaines they vsed white robes.Candidati omnibus iniquitatibus exerciti.Cic.Candidatus firmior.Cic.That is more like to speede.Candidati principes aut Cæsares. Sueton. They which the Prince or Emperour doth name & commend to those that haue the election, which cõmonly doe sue contemptuously.Candidatus Prætorius, Qui præturam petir.Cic.Candidatus Consulatus, Qui Consulatum perit.Plin. iun. Candidari.They that indeuour to attaine any thing.Candidatus cloquentiæ. Quint. Students of, &c.Candidatus gloriæ & immortalitatis.Plin. iun.Candidatorius. Adiect. vt Candidatorium munus. Cicer.His present that laboureth for an office or roume.
candĭdo, āvi, 1, v. a. [candidus], to make glittering or bright, to make white (eccl. Lat.): vestimenta sua, Tert. adv. Gnost. 12: albis vestibus candidari, Aug. Ep. 168.—P. a.: candĭdans, antis, brilliantly white, Isid. Orig. 14, 8, 21; cf. 1. candidatus, I. A.