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1 candela
candēla, ae, f. [candeo; Fr. chandelle, Engl. candle; hence], a light made of wax or tallow, a wax-light, tallow-candle, taper.I.Lit., Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 727; Col. 2, 22, 3;II.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.A. B.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.
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