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Candidatus
Candidatus
See also: candidatus
Translingual
Proper noun
Candidatus
- A taxonomic name component, usually forming an extended genus or species name, used as an interim status for a bacterium that is not yet fully described
Usage notes
- When used as part of the name for a candidate genus or species, it should appear in italics and the following elements in ordinary Roman type.
Derived terms
- Candidatus Baumannia, properly Candidatus Baumannia
- Candidatus Blochmannia
- Candidatus Carsonella
- Candidatus Koribacter
- Candidatus Pelagibacter
- Candidatus Phytoplasma
- Candidatus Protochlamydia
- Candidatus Ruthia magnifica, properly Candidatus Ruthia magnifica
- Candidatus Solibacter
- Candidatus Vesicomyosocius
candidatus
candidatus
See also: Candidatus
Latin
Adjective
candidātus m (feminine candidāta, neuter candidātum); first/second declension
- Dressed in white.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | candidātus | candidāta | candidātum | candidātī | candidātae | candidāta | |
| genitive | candidātī | candidātae | candidātī | candidātōrum | candidātārum | candidātōrum | |
| dative | candidātō | candidātō | candidātīs | ||||
| accusative | candidātum | candidātam | candidātum | candidātōs | candidātās | candidāta | |
| ablative | candidātō | candidātā | candidātō | candidātīs | |||
| vocative | candidāte | candidāta | candidātum | candidātī | candidātae | candidāta | |
Synonyms
- (dressed in white): albātus
Etymology 2
From the adjective candidātus, since candidates for office wore a white toga.
Noun
candidātus m (genitive candidātī); second declension
- a candidate for the praetorship
- claimant, aspirant, one striving as a candidate
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | candidātus | candidātī |
| genitive | candidātī | candidātōrum |
| dative | candidātō | candidātīs |
| accusative | candidātum | candidātōs |
| ablative | candidātō | candidātīs |
| vocative | candidāte | candidātī |
Descendants
- English: candidate
- French: candidat, candidate
- Russian: кандида́т (kandidát)
- Spanish: candidato, candidata
Noun
candidātus m (genitive candidātūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | candidātus | candidātūs |
| genitive | candidātūs | candidātuum |
| dative | candidātuī | candidātibus |
| accusative | candidātum | candidātūs |
| ablative | candidātū | candidātibus |
| vocative | candidātus | candidātūs |
References
- candidatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- candidatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CANDIDATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “candidatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- candidatus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- candidatus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin