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candēlābrum , i, n. (old form can-dēlāber , m., like arater for aratrum, acc. to Arn. 1, p. 36: candēlābrus , Petr. 75. 10.—
I.Acc.: “candelabrum ardentem,Caecil. Com. Fragm. 111, ap. Non. p. 202, 16) [candela]: in quo figunt candelam candelabrum appellant, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 225; cf. id. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 ib.; a candleslick, a branched candlestick, a chandelier, candelabrum, or also lamp-stand, light-stand, sometimes of exquisite workmanship, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183; 2, 4, 26, § 60; 2, 4, 28, §§ 64 and 65; Vitr. 7, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 99; Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11 al.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 727; Mart. 14, 43.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.183
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.5.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 34.11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.99
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.43
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