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castellum

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin castellum. Doublet of cashel, castell, castle, and château.

Noun

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castellum (plural castella or castellums)

  1. (historical) A small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station.

Translations

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin castellum. Doublet of kasteel, chateau, Kessel, Castilië, ketella, and telo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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castellum n (plural castella or castellums, diminutive castellumpje n)

  1. (historical) castellum

Further reading

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Latin

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castellum

Etymology

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    From castrum (“fort”) +‎ -lum (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    castellum n (genitive castellī); second declension

    1. castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold
    2. a dwelling in a high place
    3. (figuratively) a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge
    4. a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions; a reservoir
    5. (Late Latin) a village

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative castellum castella
    genitive castellī castellōrum
    dative castellō castellīs
    accusative castellum castella
    ablative castellō castellīs
    vocative castellum castella

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    References

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    • “castellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “castellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "castellum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “castellum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “castellum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “castellum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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