English

Noun

castra

1. plural of castrum

Catalan

Verb

castra

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

French

Verb

castra

1. third-person singular past historic of castrer

Anagrams

• sacrât, tracas, traças

Italian

Verb

castra

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

Anagrams

• scarta

Latin

Etymology

From castrum ‎(“fort, castle”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tra/

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.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “castra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Portuguese

Verb

castra

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French castrer, Latin castrō.

Verb

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

1. to castrate

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

castra

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of castrar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of castrar.