castratus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of castrō (“castrate”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kasˈtraː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kasˈtraː.tus] === Adjective === castrātus (feminine castrāta, neuter castrātum); first/second-declension adjective castrated, emasculated pruned ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== castrātiō === Noun === castrātus m (genitive castrātī); second declension eunuch ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== French: châtré Friulian: cjastrât Italian: castrato Portuguese: castrado Sicilian: castratu Spanish: castrado === References === "castratus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)