candelabrum
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
Latin > English
candelabrum candelabri N N :: candlearbrum; stand for holding burning candles or lamps; lamp stand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
candēlābrum: i, n. (old form can-dēlāber, m., like arater for aratrum, acc. to Arn. 1, p. 36: candēlābrus, Petr. 75. 10.—
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
candēlābrum,¹³ ī, n. (candela), candélabre : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64.
Latin > German (Georges)
candēlābrum, brī, n. (candela), der Leuchter, Kandelaber, Cic. u.a.: in candelabro pendēre, Varr. sat. Men. 62. – / Nbf. candēlāber, brī, m., Arnob. 1, 59: candēlābrus, brī, m., Petr. 75, 10: Mask. Akk. candelabrum ardentem, Caecil. com. 111.
