castigatio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

castīgātĭo: ōnis, f. castigo,
I a correcting, chastising, punishment, correction, etc. (in good prose).
   A Lit.
   1    In gen., of blows. etc. (rare, and always with gen.: fustium, Dig. 1, 15, 3: flagellorum, ib. 48, 19, 7.—
   2    Of verbal chastisement, reproof, etc. (class. and freq.): omnis et animad. versio et castigatio contumeliā vacare debet, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 137: admonitio frequens, interdum et castigatio, vindicta rarissima, Vell. 2, 114, 3; Quint. 1, 3, 14; 3, 8, 54: tacita, Liv. 27, 10, 10; Sen. Ira, 1, 6, 1; 1, 15, 1; 2, 27, 3; id. Ep. 94, 36: censoria, Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 32; Vulg. Psa. 72, 14.—In plur., Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; Liv. 31, 46, 11 al.—With gen.: verborum, Liv. 27, 15, 2.—
   B Transf., in gardening, a trimming, lopping of plants, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 173.—Of the exposure of their roots to the cold, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—
II Trop.: loquendi, the tempering, moderating of the speech, Macr. S. 2, 4, 12.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

castīgātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f.,
1 (castigo), blâme, réprimande : Cic. Tusc. 4, 45
2 châtiment : castigatio fustium Paul. Dig. 1, 15, 3, bastonnade || mortification : Cassian. Inst. 5, 8
3 taille des arbres : Plin. 17, 173 || [fig.] castigatio loquendi Macr. Sat. 2, 4, 12, application à châtier son style.