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; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Suet. Galb. 5 Baumg.-Crus.: caelebs senex, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 37: 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.