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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
castra
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
castra
- inflection of castrar:
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
castra
- third-person singular past historic of castrer
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
castra
- inflection of castrare:
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Plural of castrum (“fort, castle”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.tra/, [ˈkäs̠t̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.tra/, [ˈkäst̪rä]
Noun[edit]
castra n pl (genitive castrōrum); second declension
- an encampment, camp
- (by extension) military service
- a philosophical sect
Usage notes[edit]
- Often used in the names of places.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | castra |
| Genitive | castrōrum |
| Dative | castrīs |
| Accusative | castra |
| Ablative | castrīs |
| Vocative | castra |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “castra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “castra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- castra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- castra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to begin the march, break up the camp: castra movere
- a permanent camp: castra stativa (Sall. Iug. 44)
- winter-quarters, summer-quarters: castra hiberna, aestiva
- to encamp: castra ponere, locare
- to mark out a camp: castra metari (B. C. 3. 13)
- to make a fortified, entrenched camp: castra munire
- to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
- to strengthen the camp by outposts: castra praesidiis firmare
- to make a camp in common: castra coniungere, iungere (B. C. 1. 63)
- to leave the camp undefended: castra nudare (B. G. 7. 70)
- to begin the march, break up the camp: castra movere
- “castra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “castra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “castra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
castra
- inflection of castrar:
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French castrer, Latin castrō. Cf. also cresta, which may be a doublet.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
a castra (third-person singular present castrează, past participle castrat) 1st conj.
- to castrate
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of castra (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a castra | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | castrând | ||||||
| past participle | castrat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | castrez | castrezi | castrează | castrăm | castrați | castrează | |
| imperfect | castram | castrai | castra | castram | castrați | castrau | |
| simple perfect | castrai | castrași | castră | castrarăm | castrarăți | castrară | |
| pluperfect | castrasem | castraseși | castrase | castraserăm | castraserăți | castraseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să castrez | să castrezi | să castreze | să castrăm | să castrați | să castreze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | castrează | castrați | |||||
| negative | nu castra | nu castrați | |||||
Derived terms[edit]
- castra in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
castra
- inflection of castrar:
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