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candēla, ae, f. [candeo; Fr. chandelle, Engl. candle; hence], a light made of wax or tallow, a wax-light, tallow-candle, taper.

  1. I. Lit., Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 727; Col. 2, 22, 3; 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.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. Fire: candelam apponere valvis, to set fire to the doors, Juv. 9, 98 (cf. id. 13, 146).
    2. 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.

candēlābrārius, ĭi, m. [candelabrum], a maker of candlesticks or chandeliers, Inscr. Orell. 4157.

candēlābrum, i, n. (old form can-dēlāber, m., like arater for aratrum, acc. to Arn. 1, p. 36: candēlābrus, Petr. 75. 10.
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.