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|lshtext=<b>Castor</b>: ŏris (acc. to [[some]] gramm. Castōris, Quint. 1, 5, 60), m., = [[Κάστωρ]]>.<br /><b>I</b> The [[son]] of the Spartan [[king]] Tyndarus and [[Leda]], [[brother]] of [[Helena]] and [[Pollux]], [[with]] whom, as [[twin]] [[star]] (Gemini; [[hence]] [[even]] Castores, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; 35, 4, 10, § 27; 7, 22, 22, § 86; and: [[alter]] [[Castor]], Stat. S. 4, 6, 16), he served as a [[guide]] to mariners, Varr. L. L. 5, § 58; Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6; 3, 18, 45; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5; id. Epod. 17, 42; 17, 43; id. C. 4, 5, 35: gaudet equis, id. S. 2, 1, 26; cf. id. C. 1, 12, 25, and Ov. M. 12, 401: ad Castoris (sc. aedem), on the [[forum]], Cic. Mil. 33, 91; [[where]] [[pecuniary]] affairs were transacted, id. Quint. 4, 17; cf. Juv. 14, 260.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In oaths: [[ecastor]] and [[mecastor]] the old interj. e or the pron. acc. me, prefixed; cf.: [[equidem]], [[edepol]]; [[mehercle]], [[medius]] fiduis, etc., v. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 856 sq., by [[Castor]], an [[oath]] in [[very]] [[frequent]] [[use]], [[especially]] by women, [[though]] not [[exclusively]] by [[them]], as asserted by Gell. 11, 6, 1, and [[Charis]]. p. 183 P.; cf. Plaut. As. 5, 2, 46; 5, 2, 80; id. Cas. 5, 4, 13: [[ecastor]], re [[experior]], quanti facias uxorem tuam, id. Am. 1, 3, 10; 1, 3, 39; id. Cist. 4, 2, 61; id. Truc. 2, 5, 28; id. Poen. 1, 2, 71; id. Stich. 1, 3, 89; id. As. 1, 3, 36; id. Truc. 2, 2, 60; id. As. 3, 1, 30; id. Stich. 1, 3, 81: [[ecastor]] [[vero]], id. Merc. 4, 1, 25: per [[ecastor]] [[scitus]] (i. e. [[perscitus]] [[ecastor]]) [[puer]] est [[natus]] Pamphilo, Ter. And. 3, 2, 6: nec [[nunc]] [[mecastor]] [[quid]] [[hero]] ego dicam [[queo]] comminisci, Plaut. Aul, 1, 1, 28; cf. id. Merc. 4, 1, 6; id. Cas. 2, 3, 30; id. Men. 4, 2, 50; id. Mil. 1, 1, 63; cf. also id. Stich. 1, 3, 86; id. Truc. 2, 2, 36; 2, 7, 30; 3, 2, 11; 4, 4, 9; 5, 1, 26: Sy. Salve, [[mecastor]], [[Parmenio]]. Pa. Et tu, [[edepol]], [[Syra]], Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 8 [[Don]]. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ad Castŏris or Lŏcus Ca-stŏrum, nom. propr., a [[place]] in Upper [[Italy]], [[between]] [[Cremona]] and [[Bedriacum]], [[where]] stood a [[shrine]] of [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]], Suet. Oth. 9; Tac. H. 2, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Castŏrĕus, a, um, adj. of [[Castor]]: [[manus]], Sen. Hippol. 810.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[companion]] of Æneas, Verg. A. 10, 124.—<br /> The [[grandson]] of [[king]] [[Deiotarus]], Cic. Deiot. 1, 2, 10; 1, 2, 28 sq.—<br /> [[Castor]] Tarcondarius, a [[chieftain]] of Gallogrœcia, [[ally]] of [[Pompey]], Caes. B. C. 3, 4.—<br /> [[Antonius]] [[Castor]], an [[author]] on botany, Plin. 25, 17, 66, § 174; 25, 2, 5, § 9.