casto

Etymology

From Latin castus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas.to/, [ˈkäs̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -asto
• Stress: càsto
• Hyphenation: ca‧sto

Adjective

casto (feminine singular casta, masculine plural casti, feminine plural caste)

1. chaste
   • c. 13y, Francis of Assisi, Cantico di Frate Sole [Canticle of the Sun]‎ (in Italian), printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:

     Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſoꝛ aqua, la quale e multo utile ⁊ hũile ⁊ p̃tioſa ⁊ caſta.

     Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water, which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.

2. (by extension) pure, innocent, virtuous

Anagrams

• costa, costà

Alternative forms

• chastō

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *kastō (“box, case”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.toː/

Noun

castō m (genitive castōnis); third declension^[1][2]

1. (Medieval Latin) encasement

References

Adjective

castō

1. dative masculine singular of castus
2. dative neuter singular of castus
3. ablative masculine singular of castus
4. ablative neuter plural of castus

References

• casto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese casto, from Latin castus, possibly borrowed.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.tu/
• Hyphenation: cas‧to

Adjective

casto m (feminine singular casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas, comparable)

1. chaste (abstaining from sexual activity)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castus^[1].

Adjective

casto (feminine singular casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas) (superlative castísimo)

1. chaste (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
2. (obsolete) pure

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