strives for something

captātor, ōris, m. [id.], one who eagerly reaches after, endeavors to obtain, or strives for something (rare; not in Cic.).

Lit. only in Prud. steph. 5, 17.—

Trop.:

aurae popularis,

that courts the popular breeze, Liv. 3, 33, 7.—Esp., one who hunts after legacies, a legacy-hunter, Hor. S. 2, 5, 57; Petr. 141; Juv. 5, 98; 10, 202.

quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.

Lit.

In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

te ipsum quaerebam,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

escam in sterquilinio,

Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —

In partic.

To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

rem mercaturis faciendis,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—

Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

Suet. Caes. 52:

liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—

To seek for something missing, to miss:

Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

optatos Tyndaridas,

Prop. 1, 17, 18:

Phoebi comam,

Tib. 2, 3, 20:

amnes,

Stat. Th. 4, 703.—

To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

Sall. C. 33,5:

fugam,

Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—

In partic.

To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

laudem sibi,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

salutem alicui malo,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

invidiam in aliquem,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

Liv. 8, 30:

quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

Ov. M. 2, 239. —

To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).

With ab:

cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —

With de:

quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

id. Vatin. 4, 10:

quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

Liv. 4, 40:

cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—

With ex:

quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—

With a rel.-clause:

ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

Hor. A. P. 409:

quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—

To desire,

With inf. (post-Aug.):

e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

Tac. G. 2.—

Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

glires aridum locum quaerunt,

id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—

To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

de morte alicujus,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

de servo in dominum,

to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

aliquid per tormenta,

Suet. Tib. 58:

legibus,

to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —

Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

id. Sen. 18, 65:

si quaeritis,

id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

too, si verum quaeris,

id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

si verum quaeritis,

id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

si verum quaerimus,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.

In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

Tac. A. 3, 26:

quaesitior adulatio,

id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

quaesitissimi honores,

Tac. A. 2, 53.—

In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

Cic. Or. 26, 89:

ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

id. ib. 65, 219:

comitas,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

asperitas,

id. ib. 5, 3.—

Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.

A question ( poet.):

accipe quaesiti causam,

Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—

A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

In gen.:

solem manibus adpetere,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

placentam,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

urbem,

Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

ferro atque insidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

umerum gladio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

morsu,

Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

Cic. Quint. 31:

me amor appetit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—

Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 14:

inimicitias potentium appetere,

id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

adulescentium familiaritates,

Sall. C. 14, 5:

hereditates,

Suet. Aug. 60:

divitias,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

nihil ornamentorum,

Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

alienum,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

appetitur vilis oliva,

Mart. 9, 27:

pisciculos minutos, caseum,

Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—

Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

dies adpetebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

nox jam adpetebat,

Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

tempus anni,

id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

lux,

Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

partitudo cui appetit,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

consularia comitia adpetebant,

Liv. 41, 28:

adpetit finis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

homo non cupidus neque appetens,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

In gen.:

solem manibus adpetere,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

placentam,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

urbem,

Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

ferro atque insidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

umerum gladio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

morsu,

Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

Cic. Quint. 31:

me amor appetit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—

Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 14:

inimicitias potentium appetere,

id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

adulescentium familiaritates,

Sall. C. 14, 5:

hereditates,

Suet. Aug. 60:

divitias,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

nihil ornamentorum,

Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

alienum,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

appetitur vilis oliva,

Mart. 9, 27:

pisciculos minutos, caseum,

Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—

Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

dies adpetebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

nox jam adpetebat,

Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

tempus anni,

id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

lux,

Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

partitudo cui appetit,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

consularia comitia adpetebant,

Liv. 41, 28:

adpetit finis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

homo non cupidus neque appetens,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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.