candidate Copy link Outline 1. candĭdātus (prop. a cand. for a public office; as such wore whitened togas)2. pĕtītor (rare) • candidate: 1. candĭdātus (prop. a cand. for a public office; as such wore whitened togas): a c. for the praetorship, praetorius c., Cic.: a c. for the consulship, consulatus c., Plin.: a c. recommended by Caesar, c. Caesaris, Vell.: a c. not for the consulship only, but for immortality and glory, c. non consulatus tantum sed immortalitatis et gloriae, Plin.: a c. for crucifixion, c. crucis, Apul. 2. pĕtītor (rare): Hor. Phr.: to be a c. for the consulship, consulatum petere, Cic.: Liv.: to announce oneself as a c., prŏfĭtēri: Liv.: Sall.: the duty of a c., candidatorium munus, Cic.