caelebs

caelebs (not coelebs), lĭbis, adj. [etym. dub.], unmarried, single (whether of a bachelor or a widower)

• I Lit.: (censores) equitum peditumque prolem describunto: caelibes esse prohibento, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7; Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 11 (289); Quint. 5, 10, 26; Suet. Galb. 5 Baumg.-Crus.: caelebs senex, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 37 (541): caelebs quid agam Martiis Calendis, Hor. C. 3, 8, 1; id. S. 2, 5, 47; Ov. M. 10, 245; Mart. 12, 63; Gai Inst. 2, 286; Tac. H. 1, 13; id. A. 3, 34.—
• • B Meton.: vita, the life of a bachelor, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 88; Ov. Tr. 2, 163; Tac. A. 12, 1; Gell. 5, 11, 2: lectus, Cat. 68, 6; Ov. H. 13, 107.—
• II Transf.
• • A Of animals: caelebs aut vidua columba, Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.—
  • B Of trees to which no vine is attached (cf. marito): caelebs platanus, Hor. C. 2, 15, 4; so Ov. M. 14, 663: arbor, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 204.

caelebs, libis (vgl. altind. kēvala-ḥ, ›jmdm. ausschließlich eigen‹), unvermählt, ehelos (v. Manne, gleichviel ob Junggeselle od. Witwer, Ggstz. maritus, der verheiratete Mann, Gatte, u. vidua, die unverheiratete, gattenlose Frau), I) eig. u. meton.: a) eig.: utrum nunc tu caelibem esse te mavis liberum, an maritum servum aetatem degere, Plaut.: se rectius viduam, et illum caelibem futurum fuisse, Liv.: ut nubere vellet mulier viro, vidua caelibi, Apul.: (censores) caelibes esse prohibento, Cic. – b) meton.: vita, Hor.: lectus, Ov. – II) übtr.: a) v. Tieren, caelebs aut vidua columba, Plin. 10, 104. – b) v. Bäumen, an denen keine Weinstöcke hinaufgezogen u. gleichs. damit vermählt werden, platanus, Hor. carm. 2, 15, 4: sine palmite truncus, Ov. met. 14, 663: arbor, Plin. 17, 204.

1 caelebs [CL] 1 celibate: a (of a man); b (of a woman); c (of a way of life); d (w. ref. to Culdees). a asserens nequaquam eosdem ‥ ultroneos castita tis ~ibes sed invitos spadones extitisse Aldh. VirgP 21; 747 †profectioris [l. provectioris] aetatis seu ~ibes seu etiam conjugati Conc. HS 370; 9‥ †colibates, hegsteald men, ‥ celaps, hægsteald man WW; 943 feliciter inter ~ibes celestium turmarum ‥ in aeterna doxa ‥ laetetur CS 780 (cf. ib. 748); celeps conventus, celeber locus, hospite tanto / gaudet H. Avr. Poems 27. 57.  b jacebat ‥ illa [Witburga] in rure ignobili, in quo ipsa ‥ ~ebs ‥ vitam transegerat W. Malm. GP IV 184.  c videt ‥ B. Petrum ‥ decentem hominis personam in regem consecrare, ~ibem ei vitam designare V. Ed. Conf. 39v; lilia ‥ / quorum cum vita celibe suavis odor Neckam DS V 114.  d monachi religiosissimi, quos ~ibes vel Colideos vocant Gir. IK II 6 (v. caelicola c). 2 (? misinterp. of Horace Od. 3. 8. 1) festal. festivalle, celeber, ~ebs, festalis CathA.

2 caelebs v. caeles

cælebs, (12) ĭbis, adj., célibataire : Cic. Leg. 3, 7 ; Hor. O. 3, 8, 1 ; Liv. 1, 46, 7 || [poét.] melius nil cælibe vita Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 88, rien ne vaut le célibat || [en parl. dʼanimaux] : Plin. 10, 104 || arbres non mariés à la vigne : Hor. O. 2, 15, 4 ; Ov. M. 14, 663 ; Plin. 17, 204.

caelebs , ibis. adj.
不娶不嫁 守貞。— muliere 未娶親。未字。— lectus 貞 者之牀。— arbor 獨樹

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caelebs (not coel-), libis, adj.,

• unmarried, single (whether bachelor or widower): censores: (ego), H.: vita, the life of a bachelor, H.: platanus, i. e. without a vine, H.: sine palmite truncus, O.