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canales angustas serpere, quae facile ex- 
tergeri possint. Virg. Currentem ilig- 
nis potare canalibus undam.-IT Also, 
c canal, a ditch, trench. Sueton. — Hence, 
c place in the Raman forum , so called. 
Plaut. -H Also, every thing resembling 
a groove, canal, trench, ditch. As in Cels, 
a hollow instrument used by surgeons to 
splint and keep close broken limbs with. — 
In Vitruv. the flute, channel,or furrow,in 
a pillar. — In Calpurn. a reed pipe. — In 
Plin. Canalis aniinte, the windpipe. —- 
IT Also, a way, street, road. Apulei. 
Canale directo pergere, li. e. recta via. 
CANALITIUS, same as Canaliensis. 
CANaRIOS (canis), a, uni, adj. relating 
2 or belonging to a dog. Plin. Augurio 
canario agendo dies constituantur, pri- 
usquam frumenta vaginis exeant, h. e. 
at which a dog was sacrificed. Id. Ca¬ 
naria herba, the herb hound-grass, with 
which dogs provoke vomiting. Id. Cana¬ 
ria insula, one of the Fortunate isles, in 
the Atlantic, so called from its abounding 
in large dogs ; the Canary isle, from 
which the other islands of that cluster 
are called the Canaries. - IT Canarii, 
orum, a people round mount Atlas, in 
Mauretania, so called because they liv¬ 
ed on dogs' flesh. Plin. 
CaNCAMUM ( KtxyKapov), i, n. a kind of 
gum brought from Arabia, resembling a 
species of myrrh. Plin. 
CaNCeLLaRTOS (cancelli), ii, m. apor- 
3 ter, janitor, door-keeper, waiter in the em¬ 
peror’s court, ad cancellos (at the grated 
door), qui ad cancellos januie cubiculi 
assistit. Vopisc. - IT Also, one who 
had his station at the bar of a court, a sec¬ 
retary, scribe, clerk of the chancery. He 
who was over all the other clerks, was 
called canccllarius, the chancellor, direct¬ 
or of the chancery. Cassiod. -IT Not 
used by classic writers. 
CaNCeLLaTHVI (Id.), adv. lattice-wise, 
2 like a net, grate, or trellis. Plin. 
CaNCeLIjaTIS (cancello), onis, f. the 
3 bounding of a field, setting the bounds to 
land. Frontin. 
CaNCeLLaTOS (Id.), a, um, made lat¬ 
tice-wise, like a net, grate, or window; 
cross-barred, reticulated. Plin. Cancel- 
lata (eleplianti) cutis. - IT Also, 
crossed out, cancelled, obliterated, erased. 
Pandect. 
CaNCeLLT (dimin. of cancri, plural of 
cancer, when it signifies bars), orum, m. 
a grating, lattice ,* also, bars, balusters, 
or rails ,°as of the forum, circus, &c. 
Cic. and Ovid. — CanceUus, sing., occurs 
in Pandect. - IT Also, boundaries or 
limits. Cic. Extra cancellos egredi, 
quos mihi ipse circumdedi. Id. Cancel- 
lis forensibus circumscripta scientia. — 
Also, a narrow compass or circuit. Hirt. 
Ca.NCeL.L 5 (cancelli), as, a. 1. to make 
2 like a lattice, arrange crosswise. Colum. 
- IT Also, to cross out, cancel, erase, 
as a writing. Pandect. 
CANCER (for cancrus, from saps-Loos), 
3 cancri & canceris, m. the crab. Plin. 
- IT Also, the constellation, the Crab. 
Lucret. and Colum. - IT Also, an eat¬ 
ing or spreading ulcer, a cancer. Cels. 
—— IT Also, in Apulei. cancri for can¬ 
celli, bars. 
CaNDAVIA, ce, f. a mountainous region 
in Albania, bordering on Macedonia. Cic. 
CaNDEFAOIS (candeo & facio), is, eci, 
actum, a. 3. CaNDEFIS, fieri, factus, 
irreg. pass, to make glowing hot. Plin. 
Lapis candefactus.-II Also, to make 
shining white, to bleach, polish. Plaut. 
CaNDeLa (candeo), ce, f. a wax-light, tal¬ 
low-light, &c. Colum. Sebare candelas, 
h. e. to dip candles. Liv. Fasces involuti 
candelis, h. c. cords covered with wax, to 
preserve them, Juvenal. Candelam ap- 
ponere valvis, h. e. to set the house on fire. 
CANDELABRUM (candela), i, n. a can¬ 
dlestick, chandelier. Cic. 
CaNDeNS (candeo), entis, part, and adj. 
3 compar. entior; super', entissimus. See 
Candeo. 
CaNDeNTI A (candeni ), ce, f. shiny whitc- 
3 ness, sheen. Vitruv. Candentia Lunce. 
C ANDES (cando, I set on fire, from Karo 
for uaioi, which often occurs in compo¬ 
sition, as accendo, &c.), es, ui, n. 2. 
properly, to glow, to be glowing hot, to 
burn. Ovid. Canduit aer. Lucret. Can- 
dens ferrum. Colum. Loea testate ss- 
vissime candent.-IT Also, of colors, 
to glow; hence, to shine, to be bright, to 
shine clearly. Vitruv. Candens Luna. 
Tibull. ortus, h. e. Aurora. Virg. ele- 
pliantus, h. c. ivory. Horat. Vestis 
cocco tincta canderet. — Also, to be shi¬ 
ning white. Virg. Candens taurus. Cic. 
Candens circus, h. e. the millcy way. 
CaNDeSCS (candeo), is, n. 3. to glow 
3 with heat, whiten with heat, to become hot 
or red-hot. Lucret. Ferrum candescit 
in igne. - IT Also, to grow white, 
whiten. Tibull. Caput candescere canis. 
CANDeTUM (from the Celtic cand, a hun¬ 
dred), i, n. a measure of land among the 
Oauls, from one hundred to a hundred and 
fifty square feet. Colum. 
CaNDICaNTIA (candico), ce, f. white¬ 
's ness, a white color. Plin. 
CANDIC5 (candeo), as, n. 1. to be white 
2 or whitish. Plin. 
CaNDIDaToRIOS (canclidatus), a, um, 
1 adj. pertaining to a candidate. Cic. In 
omni munere candidatorio fungendo, 
in adopting every measure suitable to a 
candidate. 
CANDIDATES (candidus), a, um, adj. 
2 clothed or arrayed in white, candidis ves- 
tibus indutus, \cvKaii§eis, \cVKo(j>6pos. 
Plaut. Mulieres candidate. Sueton. Yec- 
tores, nautaeque candidati.-IT Candi- 
datus, i, m. a candidate, competitor, one 
who solicits preferment, posts of honor, 
&c., because, among the Romans, can¬ 
didates for public offices clothed them¬ 
selves in a toga Candida, h. c. a toga, the 
native whiteness of which was increas¬ 
ed by the use of chalk. Cic. Candida- 
tus praetorius, et consularis, h. e. a can¬ 
didate for the pratlorship and consulship. 
Id. Candidati tribunitii. Sueton. quees- 
turce. Id. cedilitatis. Sencc. sacerdotii. 
Liv. consulatus. Vellei. and Sueton. 
Ccesaris, or Principis, h. e. one who is 
recommended by the emperor for a post of 
honor. So, Quintil. Sic petis tanquam 
Ccesaris candidatus, h. e. faintly, care¬ 
lessly, as being confident of success. 
Sueton. Q.ucestores candidati, quwslors, 
or officers employed in special duties by 
the emperor, as those of a secretary, &c. 
These were also called candidati Prin¬ 
cipis. Pandect. -IT Figur. one who 
strives or exerts himself to obtain any 
thing. Quintil. eloquentice. Plin. in 
Paneg. immortalitatis. Apulei. crucis, 
h. e. cui crux instat. 
CANDIDE (candidus), adv. of a white 
color, in white. Plaut. Candide vesti- 
tus, clothed in white. - IT Figur. can¬ 
didly, sincerely, honestly. Ccel. ad Cic. 
CANDIDOLOS (Id.), a, um, adj. dimin. 
somewhat white, white. Cic. 
CANDIDAS (candeo), a, um, adj. of a 
shining white, bright, shiny, clear, lucid, 
serene. Plaut. Stella splendens Candi¬ 
da. Id. Lux clara et Candida. Mar¬ 
tial. Aqua Candida et serena. Valer. 
Flacc. flamma. Id. rota Phoebi. Id. 
nox. Ovid. dies. Virg. Luna. — Fig¬ 
ur. clear, serene, unclouded, unruffled, 
pleasant. Quintil. vox, h. e. clear, in 
opposition to fusca, hoarse. Propert. 
convivia, h. c. joyful, jovial. -IT Also, 
white, snow-white, \svk6s- Virg. Candi¬ 
da populus antro Imminet. Id. avis, 
h. e. the stork. Sever, ales. h. e. the 
swan. Flor. and Tacit, equus. Virg. 
lilia. Quintil. panis. Ovid. Pectora 
puris nivibus, et lacte candidiora. Vi¬ 
truv. Candidissimus color. — Hence, 
Plin. Candidum ovi, the white of an egg. 
- IT Also, clothed in white. Ovid. 
pompa. Tibull. turba. Martial, cultu 
Candida Roma, h. e. the Romans, clothed 
in white togas. - IT Also, applied to 
the complexion, fair, comely, beautiful. 
Virg. Candida Dido. Horat. dux. - 
IT Also, gray even to whiteness, hoary. 
Virg. barba. Plaut. caput.-IT Fig¬ 
ur. forcing, clear, perspicuous (accord¬ 
ing to some, artless, unaffected). Quin¬ 
til. Candidum, et lene, et speciosum 
dicendi genus. — One who writes or 
speaks in this manner is also called can¬ 
didus. Quintil. Dulcis et candidus et 
fusus Herodotus.-IT Also, guileless, 
plain-dealing, candid, open, frank, sincere. 
Horat. anim;e quales neque candidiores 
Terra tulit, &c. Id. Albi, nostrorum 
sermonum candide judex. Ovid. Tain 
felix utinain, quam pectore candidus, 
esseir. I-IT Also, kind, courteous, be¬ 
nevolent. Horat. si quid novisti rectius 
istis, Candidus imperti (but this may be 
referred to the preceding signif.). Pc- 
tron. Candidus Deus.-II Also, for¬ 
tunate, happy, lucky, prosperous. Odd. 
and Tibull. fatum. Propert. nox. Ti¬ 
bull. pax. 
CAND5R (Id.), oris, m. heat, glow ; sel¬ 
dom used in this signif. Claudian. 
yEstivus candor.-IT Also, brightness, 
brilliancy, sqilendor, clearness. Cic. Solis 
candor. Lucret. Lux, et clarus candor. 
Plaut. Corporis candoribus !-IT Al¬ 
so, the white color of a thing, whiteness. 
Lucret. Candor marmoreus Virg. ni¬ 
valis. Quintil. lance. Plin. carnis. Id. 
dentium. Id. Cerussce vis est ad can- 
dorem feminarum. Id. Increscente 
pulio candor in medium vertitur, the 
white of an egg. - IT Also, fairness, 
beauty, comeliness. Cic. and Propert. — 
Figur. Cic. Fucatus camior, h. e. painted 
beauty, false coloring (applied to elo¬ 
quence). Quintil. (Livius) in narrando 
mirae jucunditatis, clarissimique cando- 
ris, h. e. perspicuity; or, otherwise, 
simplicity, unaffectedness. ———- IT Also, 
simplicity, sincerity, candor, openness of 
disposition, frankness, to which livor is 
opposed. Ovid. Candor, in hoc aevo res 
intermortua pcene. Id. Viribus infirmi 
vestro candore valemus. Id. Candor 
animi. Pluedr. sincerim mihi Candore 
noto reddas judicium, peto.-IT Also, 
innocence. Ovid. Si tamen ille prior, 
quo me sine crimine gessi, Candor ab 
Insolita labe notandus erat. 
CANDOSoCCOS (a Celtic word), i, m. a 
vine bent downwards, and having the lop 
set in the ground, that it may grow at both 
ends. Colum. Same as Mcrgus. 
CANENS (from caneo, entis), to be white, 
to be gray. 
CANENS (from cano,to sing), entis.- 
IT Canens, tis, f. the daughter of Janus 
and Venilia, and wife of Picus; so call¬ 
ed from her skill in singing. Ovid. 
CANE5 (canus), es, ui, n. 2. to be white. 
2 Virg. Dum gramina canent. Ovid. 
Canuerint herbee rore. Juvenal. Et 
densa montem qui canet oliva. — Hence, 
Canens, white. Ovid. gelu. Sil. pru- 
ina. - H Also, to be gray, hoary. 
Virg. Temporibus geminis canebat 
sparsa senectus. — IT Cano, ere, oc¬ 
curs in Propert. to become gray. 
CANIPH5RA, ce, or CXNEPH5R5S 
( Kavri<j>6pr,s), i, f. a maid bearing a bas¬ 
ket. —— 11 Especially, Canepjiorce, plur. 
noble Athenian maidens, who, at the sol¬ 
emn festivals in honor of Minerva (or Ce¬ 
res), carried on their heads, in procession, 
little baskets containing the consecrated 
things of the goddess. Ovid, and Cic. 
CANESC8 (caneo), is, n. 3. to become 
white, to whiten. Ovid. Canescunt 
equora remis. Plin. Canescentibus 
nimia siccitate convallibus.-IT Also, 
to become hoary, to grow gray. Plin. 
Capilli canescunt. - IT Figur. Cic. 
Oratio canescit. 
CANIA, ce, f. a kind of nettle. Plin. 
CANICAE (canis), arum, f. viheat-bran, so 
3 called from its being mixed up with dog- 
meat. Festus. 
CANICOLA (canis), ce, f. dimin. a little 
2 dog or bitch, dog in general, KwiStov, 
KwicKoq, parva canis. Plin. — Hence, a3 
a term of reproach, applied to a woman. 
Plaut. -IT Also, the Dog-star, Sirius. 
Cic. -IT Also, the constellation of the 
Dog itself. It is often uncertain 
whether the star or constellation is 
meant. Cic. and Varr. -IT Also, 
the dog-fisli. Plin. -IT In the throw¬ 
ing of dice (tali), canicula, as well as 
canis, was the name of the unlucky throw, 
when the tali were all alike. Pers. 
CANICOLARIS (canicula), e, adj. relating 
3 to the Dog-star. Pallad. Inchoantibus 
Ccmicularibus diebus, dog-days. 
CANINEFAS, atis, m. in plur. CANINt- 
FATeS, CaNNENOFaTeS, and CaN- 
, NANEFaTeS, ium & um, a people of 
Lower Germany, in a part of the island 
of the Batavi. Tacit, and Vellei. — Used 
also as an adj. bv Tacit. 
CANINIANOS (Caninius), a, um, adj. 
