candidatus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kan.dɪˈdaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kan.diˈdaː.tus] === Etymology 1 === From candidus (“white, shining, clear”) +‎ -ātus. ==== Adjective ==== candidātus (feminine candidāta, neuter candidātum); first/second-declension adjective dressed in white ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Synonyms ===== (dressed in white): albātus === Etymology 2 === Nominalization of candidātus, since candidates for office wore a white toga. ==== Noun ==== candidātus m (genitive candidātī); second declension a candidate for the praetorship claimant, aspirant, one striving as a candidate ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 3 === Rebracketing of the above noun, see -ātus (forming abstract nouns). ==== Noun ==== candidātus m (genitive candidātūs); fourth declension candidacy ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== Translingual: Candidatus === 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, 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