castrenses
Dictionary entries
- Entry →castrens, castrensis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Government
high imperial court officer (Constantinople); soldier in camp;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →castrensis, castrensis, castrense:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
of/connected with camp or active military service; characteristic of soldiers;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...media pace iam togati aures tuba suscitat equosque castrenses erigit crepitus armorum. Alexandrum aiunt Xenophanto canente manum..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...impensis stipendioque, quod adiecerat, temptavit quidem ad relevandos castrenses sumptus, numerum militum deminuere; sed cum et obnoxium..."In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...perditis rebus diligentem nisi ex domesticis insidiis in castrense latrocinium compulissem – dicam id quod sentio, Quirites – non facile..."
