candido

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

candĭdo, āvi, 1, v. a. [candidus],

to make glittering or bright , to make white (eccl. Lat.): vestimenta sua, Tert. adv. Gnost. 12: albis vestibus candidari, Aug. Ep. 168.— P. a. : candĭdans , antis, brilliantly white , Isid. Orig. 14, 8, 21; cf. 1. candidatus, I. A.