Quadragesimus Tertius: June 25, 2008: Candidus
Theme for this week: Colors
candidus, -a, -um
Definition: white, bright; radiant, beautiful; clothed in white; (style) clear; (mind) candid, frank
Sententia: Liberi inter se frigidum et candidum nivem iecerunt dum matres eos domum ob cenam vocarent.
The children threw cold and white snow among themselves until (for dum + subjunctive == until) the mothers called them [to] home on behalf of dinner.
And some of you might recognize this word from Roman Life studies--the toga candida was worn by Romans seeking public office. It was called thus because it was made to look gleaming white with chalk.
This word, though not seen too often in Vergil, is seen a LOT in Catullus. In Catullus 8, 13, 35, 64, and 86, to be exact. And Bauchis and Philemon from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
NB: Bold and underline == macron