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candĭdātus, a, um, adj. [candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater].

In adj. uses,

Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose;

Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12:

mastigia,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. steph. 1, 67.—

Trop.:

farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi,

App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.—

Subst.

candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).

Lit.:

praetorius,

a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57:

tribunicii,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10:

consulatus,

Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4:

aedilitatis ac mox praeturae,

id. Vesp. 2:

quaesturae,

id. Tib. 42:

summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae,

id. Galb. 14:

sacerdotiorum,

Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

improbitati irasci candidatorum,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

aedilitas alicui candidato data,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

candidatus Caesaris,

a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.—Hence prov.:

petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus,

i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.—In the time of the emperors:

candidati Principis,

quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.—

Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.):

candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae,

Plin. Pan. 63, 1:

majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus,

Quint. 12, 2, 27:

Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis,

i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108:

aeternitatis,

Tert. Res Carn. 58:

philosophiae,

Symm. Ep. 1, 41.—

candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.):

sacerdotii,

Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

candĭdātus, ūs, m. [id.], a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

candĭdātus, a, um, adj. [candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater].

In adj. uses,

Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose;

Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12:

mastigia,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. steph. 1, 67.—

Trop.:

farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi,

App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.—

Subst.

candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).

Lit.:

praetorius,

a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57:

tribunicii,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10:

consulatus,

Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4:

aedilitatis ac mox praeturae,

id. Vesp. 2:

quaesturae,

id. Tib. 42:

summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae,

id. Galb. 14:

sacerdotiorum,

Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

improbitati irasci candidatorum,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

aedilitas alicui candidato data,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

candidatus Caesaris,

a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.—Hence prov.:

petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus,

i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.—In the time of the emperors:

candidati Principis,

quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.—

Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.):

candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae,

Plin. Pan. 63, 1:

majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus,

Quint. 12, 2, 27:

Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis,

i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108:

aeternitatis,

Tert. Res Carn. 58:

philosophiae,

Symm. Ep. 1, 41.—

candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.):

sacerdotii,

Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

candĭdātus, ūs, m. [id.], a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [onus].

To load, lade, burden, freight with any thing (class.).

Lit.:

navim magnam multis mercibus,

Plaut. Men. prol. 25:

naves, ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque, paulo facit humiliores,

for loading expeditiously, Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

jumenta,

Sall. J. 75, 6:

naves commeatu, etc.,

id. ib. 86, 1:

costas aselli pomis,

Verg. G. 1, 274:

tauri cervix oneratur aratro,

is loaded, burdened, Ov. A. A. 1, 19:

aures lapillis,

id. ib. 3, 129; cf.:

umerum pallio,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4:

ventrem,

to load, fill, Sall. Or. Rep. Ord. 1:

epulis onerari,

to overload, gorge one's self, Ov. P. 1, 10, 31:

vino et epulis onerati,

Sall. J. 76, 6:

cibus, qui in aegritudine alat neque oneret,

without oppressing the stomach, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 48:

vaccas,

to cause them to be covered, Pall. 8, 4.—

Transf., in gen., to load, cover ( poet.):

dapibus mensas onerare,

to cover, Verg. G. 4, 133:

manusque ambas jaculis oneravit acutis,

id. A. 10, 868:

jaculo palmas oneravit acuto,

i. e. armed, id. ib. 11, 574 (but armavit is the better read.; v. Forbig. ad loc.): membra [p. 1266] sepulcro, id. ib. 10, 558; cf.:

ossa aggere terrae,

id. ib. 11, 212:

aliquem saxis,

to stone, Phaedr. 3, 2, 4.—

Trop., to load, burden, weary; to oppress, overwhelm, overload (with good or evil; cf. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 10, 620), etc.:

me amoenitate oneravit dies,

has overwhelmed me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 7.:

laetitiā senem,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47:

malignitateomnis mortalis,

id. ib. 3, 1, 5:

diem commoditatibus,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:

aliquem mendaciis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61:

judicem argumentis,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

aethera votis,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

verbis lassas onerantibus aures,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 10:

aliquem pugnis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 172:

maledictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 123; cf.

contumeliis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; for which only absol. Sejanum, Tac. A. 4. 68:

aliquem injuriis,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

aliquem malis,

Verg. A. 4, 549:

aliquem laudibus,

Liv. 4, 13:

spe praemiorum,

id. 35, 11:

promissis,

Sall. J. 12, 3:

honoribus,

Just. 5, 4, 13.—

Transf., to make heavier or more burdensome, to render more oppressive, to heighten, to aggravate (only since the Aug. per.;

esp. freq. in Tac. and the younger Plin.): injuriam alicujus invidiā,

Liv. 38, 56 fin.:

pericula alicujus,

Tac. A. 16, 30:

curas,

id. H. 2, 52:

delectum avaritiā et luxu,

to aggravate, make worse, render more odious, id. ib. 4, 14:

onerat te quaesturae tuae famā, quam ex Bithyniā optimam revexisti,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8; 1, 8, 5; id. Pan. 24, 1; 73, 6.—

To load, stow, or heap up any thing in any thing ( poet.):

vina cadis,

Verg. A. 1, 195:

canistris Dona Cereris,

id. ib. 8, 180.— Hence, ŏnĕrātus, a, um, P. a., filled, full; with gen.: oneratus frugum et floris Liberi, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 95 Rib.).—

Loaded, i. e. deceived, befooled:

ille est oneratus recte,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

ego illum probe jam oneratum huc admovebo,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 61.

quaestūra, ae, f. [quaestor], the office of quæstor, the quæstorship (class.):

quaestura primus gradus honoris,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11:

quaesturam petere,

id. Mur. 8, 18; Tac. A. 3, 29:

ex quaesturā consulatum petere,

Liv. 32, 7:

gerere,

Suet. Calig. 1. —

Transf., the quæstor ' s chest:

translator quaesturae,

an embezzler of the public chest, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152.

suffrāgātor ( subf-), ōris, m. [id.], one who votes for another, a supporter, partisan, suffragator (class.):

suffragatorum comparatio,

Cic. Mur. 21, 44:

historicis notior, suffragatoribus obscurior,

id. ib. 7, 16:

ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35:

meus in petendis honoribus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6; id. Pan. 92, 3:

competitoris sui suffragatorem agere,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 3:

candidati laborare desiimus: suffragatores incipimus,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 5.—With gen.-obj.:

quaesturae,

for the office of quæstor, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

Transf., in gen., a favorer, supporter:

te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 20:

propter studia suffragatorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18:

cum suffragatore suo,

Suet. Vesp. 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 5; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 56.

suffrāgātor ( subf-), ōris, m. [id.], one who votes for another, a supporter, partisan, suffragator (class.):

suffragatorum comparatio,

Cic. Mur. 21, 44:

historicis notior, suffragatoribus obscurior,

id. ib. 7, 16:

ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35:

meus in petendis honoribus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6; id. Pan. 92, 3:

competitoris sui suffragatorem agere,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 3:

candidati laborare desiimus: suffragatores incipimus,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 5.—With gen.-obj.:

quaesturae,

for the office of quæstor, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

Transf., in gen., a favorer, supporter:

te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 20:

propter studia suffragatorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18:

cum suffragatore suo,

Suet. Vesp. 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 5; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 56.

translātor, ōris, m. [transfero].

Lit., one who carries or hands over, a transferrer:

Verres, translator quaesturae, aversor pecuniae publicae,

i. e. who, as quæstor, transferred the public funds to Sylla, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152.—

Trop., a translator (late Lat. for interpres), Hier. Ep. 57, 5; id. in Daniel, 4, 5; Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 12, 7.