white (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. albus (dead white, opp. to ater)2. candĭdus (glistening w. opp. to niger)3. cānus (hoary)4. nĭveus (snowy) • white (adj.): 1. albus (dead white, opp. to ater): Democritus could not distinguish things w. and black, Democritus alba et atra discernere non poterat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: w. horses, a. equi, Virg. G. 3, 82: a w. paleness blanches his cheek, ora pallor albus inficit, Hor. Ep. 7, 15: pedibus albis, with w. (chalked) feet, Juv. 1, 111. 2. candĭdus (glistening w. opp. to niger): w.er than swans, candidior cygnis, Virg. E. 7, 38: w. lilies, c. lilia, Prop. 1, 20, 38: Soracte w. with snow, Soracte nive candidum, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 1. 3. cānus (hoary): w. waves, cani fluctus, Lucr. 2, 767: w. hairs, c. capilli, Hor. Od. 2, 11, 15: w. rime, cana pruina, ib. 1, 4, 4. 4. nĭveus (snowy): garments w. as snow, nivea vestis, Ov. M. 10, 432. Phr.: to be w., albēre, albĭcare, candēre, canēre (acc. to kind of whiteness): the plains are w. with bones, campi ossibus albent, Virg. Aen. 12, 36: the meadows are w. with hoar-frost, prata albicant pruinis, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 4: the ivory is w., candet ebur, Cat. 64, 45: while the grass is w., dum gramina canent, Virg. G. 3, 325: the iron glows w. in the fire, ferrum candescit in igni, Lucr. 1, 491.