(adjective) : caelebs (not coelebs), lĭbis, etym. dub.
* Unmarried, single (whether of a bachelor or a widower)
* Lit.: (censores) equitum peditumque prolem describunto: caelibes esse prohibento,Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7; Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 11; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Suet. Galb. 5 Baumg.-Crus.: caelebs senex,Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 37: caelebs quid agam Martiis Calendis,Hor. C. 3, 8, 1; id. S. 2, 5, 47; Ov. M. 10, 245; Mart. 12, 63; Gai Inst. 2, 286; Tac. H. 1, 13; id. A. 3, 34.
* Meton.: vita,the life of a bachelor,Hor. Ep 1, 1, 88; Ov. Tr. 2, 163; Tac. A. 12, 1; Gell. 5, 11, 2: lectus,Cat. 68, 6; Ov. H. 13, 107.
* Transf.
* Of animals: caelebs aut vidua columba,Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.
* Of trees to which no vine is attached (cf. marito): caelebs platanus,Hor. C. 2, 15, 4; so Ov. M. 14, 663: arbor,Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 204.

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