candidatus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From candidus (“white, shining, clear”) +‎ -ātus.

Adjective

candidātus (feminine candidāta, neuter candidātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Dressed in white.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative candidātus candidāta candidātum candidātī candidātae candidāta
genitive candidātī candidātae candidātī candidātōrum candidātārum candidātōrum
dative candidātō candidātae candidātō candidātīs
accusative candidātum candidātam candidātum candidātōs candidātās candidāta
ablative candidātō candidātā candidātō candidātīs
vocative candidāte candidāta candidātum candidātī candidātae candidāta
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the adjective candidātus, since candidates for office wore a white toga.

Noun

candidātus m (genitive candidātī); second declension

  1. a candidate for the praetorship
  2. claimant, aspirant, one striving as a candidate
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative candidātus candidātī
genitive candidātī candidātōrum
dative candidātō candidātīs
accusative candidātum candidātōs
ablative candidātō candidātīs
vocative candidāte candidātī
Descendants

Noun

candidātus m (genitive candidātūs); fourth declension

  1. candidacy
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative candidātus candidātūs
genitive candidātūs candidātuum
dative candidātuī candidātibus
accusative candidātum candidātūs
ablative candidātū candidātibus
vocative candidātus candidātūs

References

  • “candidatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “candidatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • candidatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • candidatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “candidatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “candidatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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