castra

See also: castrá and castrà

English

Noun

castra

1. plural of castrum

Anagrams

• Cartas, carats

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Catalan

Verb

castra

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.tʁa/

Verb

castra

1. third-person singular past historic of castrer

Anagrams

• sacrât, tracas, traças

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.stra/
• Rhymes: -astra
• Hyphenation: cà‧stra

Verb

castra

1. inflection of castrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• scarta

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Latin

Etymology

Plural of castrum (“fort, castle”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tra/, [ˈkäs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tra/, [ˈkäst̪rä]

Noun

castra n pl (genitive castrōrum); second declension

1. an encampment, camp
2. (by extension) military service
3. a philosophical sect

Usage notes

• Often used in the names of places.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	castra
Genitive	castrōrum
Dative	castrīs
Accusative	castra
Ablative	castrīs
Vocative	castra

Related terms

• castellum
• castrum

References

• “castra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “castra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• castra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to begin the march, break up the camp: castra movere
    
  • a permanent camp: castra stativa (Sall. Iug. 44)
    
  • winter-quarters, summer-quarters: castra hiberna, aestiva
    
  • to encamp: castra ponere, locare
    
  • to mark out a camp: castra metari (B. C. 3. 13)
    
  • to make a fortified, entrenched camp: castra munire
    
  • to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
    
  • to strengthen the camp by outposts: castra praesidiis firmare
    
  • to make a camp in common: castra coniungere, iungere (B. C. 1. 63)
    
  • to leave the camp undefended: castra nudare (B. G. 7. 70)
    
• “castra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “castra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “castra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Verb

castra

1. third-person singular present indicative of castrar
2. second-person singular imperative of castrar

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French castrer, Latin castrō. Cf. also cresta, which may be a doublet.

Verb

a castra (third-person singular present castrează, past participle castrat) 1st conj.

1. to castrate

Conjugation

    conjugation of castra (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a castra
gerund			castrând
past participle			castrat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	castrez	castrezi	castrează	castrăm	castrați	castrează
	imperfect	castram	castrai	castra	castram	castrați	castrau
	simple perfect	castrai	castrași	castră	castrarăm	castrarăți	castrară
	pluperfect	castrasem	castraseși	castrase	castraserăm	castraserăți	castraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să castrez	să castrezi	să castreze	să castrăm	să castrați	să castreze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		castrează			castrați
	negative		nu castra			nu castrați

Related terms

• castrație

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastɾa/ [ˈkas.t̪ɾa]

Verb

castra

1. inflection of castrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative