caelibatus

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Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this liferather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

caelĭbātus: (coel-), ūs, m. caelebs,
I celibacy, single life (severely punished by the leges Julia and Papia Poppaea; only post-Aug.), Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4; Suet. Claud. 16; 26; id. Galb. 5; Gai Inst. 2, 144.