PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
The whitened toga is historical and lexical. Reading it as a guaranteed moral-purity claim goes beyond what the word formation alone proves.
/ˈkændɪdət/ · noun
A person seeking selection or office; ultimately the Roman office-seeker dressed in a bright white toga.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Identifies the Roman office-seeker through conspicuously white clothing.
candidatusConnects the candidate family to toga candida while not proving a moral-purity claim.
ÉtymologieThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.