Candidus, pen. cor. Adiectiuum. White: orient white. Also fortunate: gentle: easie: pure: sincere: without malice or ill will: friendly: fauourable.Cycnis candidior, Virg.Niue candidum. Horat. Niuibus candidior. Ouid.Aries candidus.Virg. Auis candida. Virg.Barba candida.Ouid.Brachia candidiora niue.Ouid.Caput candidum.Plaut. Ceruix candida. Horat. Colla candida.Virg.Color candidus. Plin. Crinis candidus. Val. Flac.Cutis candida. Plin. Dies candidus.Ouid.Faire: cleare.Flamma candida.Val. Flac.Fontes candidi.Senec. Lilia candida. Virg.Luna candida.Virg. Ora candida. Ouid.Panis candidus. Quint. White.Pectora niuibus, lactéque candidiora.Ouid.Piper candidum. Plin. Populus candida.Virg.White poplar.Puella candida.Ouid.Sententia candida.Ouid.Fauourably.Sol candidus.Ouid. Somnia candidiora. Ouid.Stellæ candidæ. Horat. Sudario candido frontem tergere. Quint. Faire.Sydera candida. Lucret. Taurus candidus. Virg.Turba candida.Ouid.Arayed in white.Velamina candida.Ouid. Candidum oui. Plin. The white.Candidum ex ouo. Plin. Idem. Candidus, transsumitur ad animum. Horat. Debonayre: without malice: without ill will: gentle.Pectore candidus.Ouid.Animæ candidiores. Horat. Annus candidus & sœlix.Ouid.Purum & candidum genus dicendi.Cic.Ingenium candidum. Horat. Gentle and curteyse.Iudex candidus. Horat Gentle and easie.Iudicio candidiore legere.Ouid. Lector candidus. Ouid.Pectora candida.Virg.Scriptor candidus, in quo non est obscuritas vel macula. Quint. Eloquent without crabbed hardnesse.Vita candida.Cic.Innocent. Candidus. Horat Benigne: fauourable: friendly.Faro candidiore frui.Ouid.Fauonij candidi. Horat. Soft and gentle.Hora candida.Ouid.Prosperous.Nota candidiore lux. Catul. A lucky day.Vox candida. Quint.
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candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], 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.