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caelebs (not coelebs ), lĭbis, adj. etym. dub.,
I.unmarried, single (whether of a bachelor or a widower)
I. Lit.: “(censores) equitum peditumque prolem describunto: caelibes esse prohibento,” Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7; Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 11; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Suet. Galb. 5 Baumg.-Crus.: “caelebs senex,” Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 37: “caelebs quid agam Martiis Calendis,” Hor. C. 3, 8, 1; id. S. 2, 5, 47; Ov. M. 10, 245; Mart. 12, 63; Gai Inst. 2, 286; Tac. H. 1, 13; id. A. 3, 34.—
B. Meton.: “vita,” the life of a bachelor, Hor. Ep 1, 1, 88; Ov. Tr. 2, 163; Tac. A. 12, 1; Gell. 5, 11, 2: “lectus,” Cat. 68, 6; Ov. H. 13, 107.—
II. Transf.
A. Of animals: “caelebs aut vidua columba,” Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.—
B. Of trees to which no vine is attached (cf. marito): “caelebs platanus,” Hor. C. 2, 15, 4; so Ov. M. 14, 663: “arbor,” Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 204.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.245
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.663
    • Plautus, Stichus, 4.1
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.47
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.1
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.34
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.13
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.4
    • Suetonius, Galba, 5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.104
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 10.26
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.11.2
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 12.63
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