castusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tus/, [ˈkäs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tus/, [ˈkäst̪us]

形容詞

castus (feminine casta, neuter castum, 比較級 castior, 最上級 castissimus, adverb castē); first/second-declension adjective

2. morally pure, guiltless, spotless

   Synonyms: innoxius, īnsōns, innocēns

   Antonyms: reus, obnoxius, noxius, cōnscius

3. especially in regard to sexual morality: pure, chaste, unpolluted, virtuous, continent
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.307-308:

     casta quidem, sed nōn et crēdita: rūmor inīquus
     laeserat, et falsī crīminis ācta rea est.

     Chaste, [she was] indeed, and yet had not been believed [to be so]:
     unjust slander had wronged her, and she was charged on a false accusation.
     (See Claudia Quinta.)

4. pure, free from barbarisms
5. in a religious context: religious, pious, holy, sacred

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生語

• castificō
• castīgō
• castitās
• Castī connūbiī (of chaste wedlock)
• incestus

派生した語