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candela
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Lewis Short
candēla (noun F) : candeo; Fr. chandelle, Engl. candle; hence
* A light made of wax or tallow, a wax-light, tallow-candle, taper.
* 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.
* Meton.
* Fire: candelam apponere valvis,to set fire to the doors,Juv. 9, 98 (cf. id. 13, 146).
* 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.
* A light made of wax or tallow, a wax-light, tallow-candle, taper.
* 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.
* Meton.
* Fire: candelam apponere valvis,to set fire to the doors,Juv. 9, 98 (cf. id. 13, 146).
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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