"candidus" meaning in Latin

See candidus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈkan.dɪ.dʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkan.di.dus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From candeō (“I shine”) + -idus. Etymology templates: {{suf|la|candeō|idus|t1=I shine}} candeō (“I shine”) + -idus Head templates: {{la-adj|candidus|comp=candidior|sup=candidissimus}} candidus (feminine candida, neuter candidum, comparative candidior, superlative candidissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|candidus}} Forms: candida [feminine], candidum [neuter], candidior [comparative], candidissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], candidus [masculine, nominative, singular], candida [feminine, nominative, singular], candidum [neuter, nominative, singular], candidī [masculine, nominative, plural], candidae [feminine, nominative, plural], candida [neuter, nominative, plural], candidī [genitive, masculine, singular], candidae [feminine, genitive, singular], candidī [genitive, neuter, singular], candidōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], candidārum [feminine, genitive, plural], candidōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], candidō [dative, masculine, singular], candidae [dative, feminine, singular], candidō [dative, neuter, singular], candidīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], candidum [accusative, masculine, singular], candidam [accusative, feminine, singular], candidum [accusative, neuter, singular], candidōs [accusative, masculine, plural], candidās [accusative, feminine, plural], candida [accusative, neuter, plural], candidō [ablative, masculine, singular], candidā [ablative, feminine, singular], candidō [ablative, neuter, singular], candidīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], candide [masculine, singular, vocative], candida [feminine, singular, vocative], candidum [neuter, singular, vocative], candidī [masculine, plural, vocative], candidae [feminine, plural, vocative], candida [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. shining white Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: albidus, albus, lacteolus
    Sense id: en-candidus-la-adj-W7R6dRxc Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -idus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Appearance, Colors Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Appearance: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Colors: 100 0 0
  2. clear, bright Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-candidus-la-adj-pNsLCLUx
  3. fair, beautiful Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-candidus-la-adj-kE0uio48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: candeō, candida, Candida, candidātus, candidulus, Candidus

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "càndid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "candid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cándido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "candide"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cándido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "candido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "candi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cândido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "candid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "candeō",
        "3": "idus",
        "t1": "I shine"
      },
      "expansion": "candeō (“I shine”) + -idus",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From candeō (“I shine”) + -idus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "candidus",
        "comp": "candidior",
        "sup": "candidissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "candidus (feminine candida, neuter candidum, comparative candidior, superlative candidissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "candidus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "candeō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "candida"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Candida"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "candidātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "candidulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Candidus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "niger"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "70 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -idus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Appearance",
          "orig": "la:Appearance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "la:Colors",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Pure white toga.",
          "text": "Toga candida.",
          "translation": "Pure white toga.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shining white"
      ],
      "id": "en-candidus-la-adj-W7R6dRxc",
      "links": [
        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "albidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "albus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lacteolus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clear, bright"
      ],
      "id": "en-candidus-la-adj-pNsLCLUx",
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fair, beautiful"
      ],
      "id": "en-candidus-la-adj-kE0uio48",
      "links": [
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkan.dɪ.dʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkan.di.dus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "candidus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -idus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Appearance",
    "la:Colors"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "càndid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "candid"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cándido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "candide"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cándido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "candido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "candi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cândido"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "candid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "candeō",
        "3": "idus",
        "t1": "I shine"
      },
      "expansion": "candeō (“I shine”) + -idus",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From candeō (“I shine”) + -idus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "candida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "candidus",
        "comp": "candidior",
        "sup": "candidissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "candidus (feminine candida, neuter candidum, comparative candidior, superlative candidissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "candidus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "candeō"
    },
    {
      "word": "candida"
    },
    {
      "word": "Candida"
    },
    {
      "word": "candidātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "candidulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Candidus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "niger"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Pure white toga.",
          "text": "Toga candida.",
          "translation": "Pure white toga.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shining white"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "albidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "albus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lacteolus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clear, bright"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fair, beautiful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkan.dɪ.dʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkan.di.dus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "candidus"
}

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