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|lshtext=<b>castus</b>: a, um, adj. i. e. cas-tus, partic., kindr. to Sanscr. çludh, to [[cleanse]]; Gr. καθ-αρός; Germ. keusch, heiter; cf. the opp. in-ces-tus, [[impure]], Bopp, Gloss. 351, 6; Pott. 1, 252.<br /><b>I</b> In gen., [[morally]] [[pure]], [[unpolluted]], [[spotless]], [[guiltless]], = [[purus]], [[integer]] (gen. in [[respect]] to the [[person]] [[himself]], [[while]] [[candidus]] signifies [[pure]], [[just]], in [[respect]] to [[other]] men; v. Doed. Syn. p. 196 sq.; [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): [[castus]] [[animus]] purusque, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121; cf.: [[vita]] purissima et castissima, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17; and: [[quis]] hoc adulescente castior? [[quis]] modestior? [[quis]] [[autem]] [[illo]] qui maledicit impurior? id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: perjurum [[castus]] (fraudasse dicatur), id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21: castissimum [[quoque]] hominem ad peccandum potuisse impellere, id. Inv. 2, 11, 36: nulli fas casto sceleratum insistere [[limen]], Verg. A. 6, 563: [[populus]] Et [[frugi]] castusque verecundusque, Hor. A. P. 207: qui (animi) se integros castosque servavissent, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; cf. id. Font. 10, 22; id. Cael. 18, 42: M. Crassi castissima [[domus]], id. ib. 4, 9: signa, signs, indications of [[innocence]], Ov. M. 7, 725: [[fides]], [[inviolable]], Sil. 13, 285: [[Saguntum]], id. 3, 1.—With ab: [[decet]] nos esse a culpā castos, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 23; so, res [[familiaris]] casta a cruore civili, Cic. Phil. 13, 4, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[respect]] to [[particular]] virtues.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Most freq., esp. in [[poetry]], in [[regard]] to [[sexual]] [[morality]], [[pure]], [[chaste]], [[unpolluted]], [[virtuous]], [[continent]]: [[Latona]], Enn. Trag. 424 Vahl.; cf. [[Minerva]], Hor. C. 3, 3, 23; Cat. 16, 5; 62, 23; Tib. 1, 3, 83; Ov. M. 2, 544; 2, 711: [[hostia]] = [[Iphigenia]], Lucr. 1, 98: [[Bellerophon]], Hor. C. 3, 7, 15: matres, Verg. A. 8, 665: maritae, Ov. F. 2, 139.— With ab: [[castus]] ab rebus venereis, Col. 9, 14, 3.—Of [[inanimate]] things: [[lectulus]], Cat. 64, 87: [[cubile]], id. 66, 83: [[flos]] virginis, id. 62, 46: [[gremium]], id. 65, 20: [[vultus]], Ov. M. 4, 799: [[domus]], Cat. 64, 385; Hor. C. 4, 5, 21 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Trop., of [[style]], [[free]] from barbarisms, [[pure]]: [[Caius]] [[Caesar]] sermonis [[praeter]] alios suae aetatis castissimi, Gell. 19, 8, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[religious]] [[respect]], [[pious]], [[religious]], [[holy]], [[sacred]], = [[pius]]: hac casti maneant in religione nepotes, Verg. A. 3, 409 Wagn.— So, [[Aeneas]] (for [[which]] [[elsewhere]] [[pius]] in Verg.), Hor. C. S. 42: sacerdotes, Verg. A. 6, 661: et [[sanctus]] [[princeps]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 1, 3: ego qui castam contionem, sanctum campum [[defendo]] (in [[respect]] to the [[preceding]]: in Campo Martio, comitiis centuriatis [[auspicato]] in [[loco]]), Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11.—Of things: sacrae, religiosae castaeque res, Varr. ap. Non. p. 267, 8: [[haud]] [[satis]] [[castum]] [[donum]] deo, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45; cf. festa, Ov. Am. 3, 13, 3: taedae, Verg. A. 7, 71 Serv.: ara castis Vincta verbenis, Hor. C. 4, 11, 6: crines, Ov. M. 15, 675: [[laurus]], Tib. 3, 4, 23: castior [[amnis]] (sc. Musarum), Stat. S. 4, 7, 12; cf.: [[castum]] [[flumen]] (on [[account]] of the nymphs), Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 260: [[luci]], Hor. C. 1, 12, 59: [[nemus]], Tac. G. 40: pura castaque [[mens]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 3 fin.: casta [[mola]] [[genus]] sacrificii, [[quod]] Vestales virgines faciebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 65 Müll.—As epith. ornans of [[poetry]], [[since]] it is used in [[defence]] of the Deity: casta [[poesis]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 267, 14 (it is [[erroneously]] explained by Non. by [[suavis]], jucundus).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hence, subst.: [[castum]], i, n., a [[festival]], or [[period]] of [[time]] [[consecrated]] to a [[god]], [[during]] [[which]] [[strict]] [[continence]] [[was]] enjoined, Fest. p. 124, 25 Müll.: Isidis et Cybeles, Tert. Jejun. 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In [[respect]] to the [[property]] and rights of others, [[free]] from, [[abstinent]], [[disinterested]]: [[manus]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 267, 12: [[homo]] [[castus]] ac non [[cupidus]], Cic. Sest. 43, 93: castissimus [[homo]] [[atque]] integerrimus, id. Fl. 28, 68.—Adv.: castē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I.) Purely, [[spotlessly]], [[without]] [[stain]], [[uprightly]]: agere aetatem suam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 149: et [[integre]] vivere, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 63; id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to II. A.) Chastely, [[virtuously]]: [[caste]] se habere a servis, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3: tueri eloquentiam ut adultam virginem, Cic. Brut. 95, 330.—Of [[language]], [[properly]], [[correctly]], classically: [[caste]] pureque linguā Latinā uti, Gell. 17, 2, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II. B.) Piously, [[religiously]]: placare deos, Ov. P. 2, 1, 33; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Suet. Aug. 6.—Comp., Liv. 10, 7, 5.—Sup., Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1.<br /><b>castus</b>: ūs (abl. heterocl. casto, Tert. Jejun. 16; Fest. s. v. minuitur, p. 154, 6 Müll.), m. 1. [[castus]], [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]]. for [[castimonia]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[abstinence]] from [[sensual]] enjoyments on [[religious]] grounds, Naev. ap. Non. p. 197, 16; Varr. ib.; Gell. 10, 15, 1; Arn. 5, p. 167.
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|gf=(1) <b>[[castus]],⁹ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> pur, intègre, vertueux, irréprochable : [[quis]] [[hoc]] adulescente castior ? Cic. Phil. 3, 15, [[quoi]] de [[plus]] honnête que ce jeune homme ? castissimum hominem ad peccandum impellere Cic. Inv. 2, 36, pousser au mal le [[plus]] vertueux des hommes ; castissima [[domus]] Cic. Cæl. 9, maison très vertueuse || [en part.] fidèle à sa parole, loyal : fraudasse dicatur perjurum [[castus]] Cic. Com. 21, c’[[est]] l’homme esclave de sa parole qui aurait trompé l’homme sans foi ; casta [[Saguntum]] Sil. 3, 1, la fidèle Sagonte<br /><b>2</b> chaste, pur : [[castum]] [[decet]] [[esse]] poetam ipsum Catul. 16, 5, il faut que le poète soit chaste dans sa personne ; casta [[Minerva]] Hor. O. 3, 3, 23, la chaste Minerve ; [[castus]] [[vultus]] Ov. M. 4, 799, air pudique || [fig.] correct [en parl. du style] : Cæsar, sermonis castissimi Gell. 19, 8, 3, César dont la langue [[est]] si [[pure]]<br /><b>3</b> pieux, religieux, saint : casti nepotes Virg. En. 3, 489, descendants pieux ; casta [[contio]] Cic. Rab. perd. 11, assemblée sainte [dans un lieu consacré] ; [[castum]] [[nemus]] Tac. G. 40, forêt sainte ; castæ tædæ Virg. En. 7, 71, les torches sacrées ; casta [[poesis]] Varr. d. Non. 267, 14, la [[divine]] poésie || <b>[[castum]], ī, n., fête [religieuse] : Fest. 154, 25 ; Tert. Jejun. 16.<br />(2) <b>castŭs</b>, ūs, m., règlement religieux qui défend l’usage de certaines choses : Fest. 154, 6 ; Varr. d. Non. 197, 16 ; Gell. 10, 15, 1 || fête [religieuse] : Diovos castud = [[Jovis]] castu CIL 1, 360, à la fête de Jupiter.
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