castus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verbal adjective from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”), the same root of careō (“I lack”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
castus (feminine casta, neuter castum); first/second declension
Inflection[edit]
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | castus | casta | castum | castī | castae | casta | |
genitive | castī | castae | castī | castōrum | castārum | castōrum | |
dative | castō | castō | castīs | ||||
accusative | castum | castam | castum | castōs | castās | casta | |
ablative | castō | castā | castō | castīs | |||
vocative | caste | casta | castum | castī | castae | casta |
Derived terms[edit]
- castīgō
- castitās
- Castī connūbiī (of chaste wedlock)
Descendants[edit]
Noun[edit]
castus m (genitive castūs); fourth declension
- (ante-Classical, post-classical) an abstinence from sensual enjoyments on religious grounds
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | castus | castūs |
genitive | castūs | castuum |
dative | castuī | castibus |
accusative | castum | castūs |
ablative | castū | castibus |
vocative | castus | castūs |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- castus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- castus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- castus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- castus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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