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castus
castus
Latin
Adjective
castus m (feminine casta, neuter castum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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
- castīgō
- Castī connūbiī (of chaste wedlock)
Descendants
Noun
castus m (genitive castūs); fourth declension
- (ante-Classical, post-classical) an abstinence from sensual enjoyments on religious grounds
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | castus | castūs |
| genitive | castūs | castuum |
| dative | castuī | castibus |
| accusative | castum | castūs |
| ablative | castū | castibus |
| vocative | castus | castūs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- 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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “castus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill