castum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →castum, casti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Religion
festival/period of ceremonial/required abstinence/continence dedicated to a god;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →castus, castus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
ceremonial state of abstinence; sexual abstinence on religious grounds;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →castus, casta -um, castior -or -us, castissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pure, moral; chaste, virtuous, pious; sacred; spotless; free from/untouched by;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...mores tradiderit domus ac ueteres imitata Sabinos, praeterea castum ingenium uoltumque modesto sanguine feruentem tribuat natura benigna larga..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quid exores, et hic contactus ensis deserat castum latus. quis eluet me Tanais aut quae barbaris Maeotis undis..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...crimine famae 100erigeretque forum succinctaque iudice multosurgeret et castum vibraret Iulia fulmen,tu, quamquam non ante forum legesque..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...addens operi, famulasque ad lumina longo exercet penso, castum ut servare cubile coniugis et possit parvos educere natos..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...pudentem, ut, si quicquam animo tuo cupisti, quod castum expeteres et integellum, conserves puerum mihi pudice, non dico..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...gerat ille suo morem furiosus amori et castum, multis quod placet, esse putet; huic furtiva tuo libertas munere..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...hominum, invehi populis arbitrantur. Est in insula Oceani castum nemus, dicatumque in eo vehiculum, veste contectum; attingere..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...illam esse verissimam legem, quam Catullus expressit: Nam castum esse decet pium poetam ipsum, versiculos nihil necesse..."
