castus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkas.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkas.tus] === Etymology 1 === Verbal adjective from the same root of careō (“to lack”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Compare the meanings of pūrus/putus and derived putō. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌂𐌄 (castce). ==== Adjective ==== castus (feminine casta, neuter castum, comparative castior, superlative castissimus, adverb castē); first/second-declension adjective morally pure, guiltless, spotless Synonyms: innoxius, īnsōns, innocēns Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius especially in regard to sexual morality: pure, chaste, unpolluted, virtuous, continent pure, free from barbarisms in a religious context: religious, pious, holy, sacred ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From careō +‎ -tus, thus from the same root as Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== castus m (genitive castūs); fourth declension (pre-classical, post-Classical) an abstinence from sensual enjoyments on religious grounds Synonym: castimōnia ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Further reading === “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “castus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.