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1.castus, a, um, adj. [i. e. cas-tus, partic., kindr. to Sanscr. çludh, to cleanse; Gr. kath-aros; Germ. keusch, heiter; cf. the opp. in-ces-tus, impure, Bopp, Gloss. 351, 6; Pott. 1, 252].I.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.;II.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.—In respect to particular virtues.A.Most freq., esp. in poetry, in regard to sexual morality, pure, chaste, unpolluted, virtuous, continent:b.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.—Trop., of style, free from barbarisms, pure:B.Caius Caesar sermonis praeter alios suae aetatis castissimi,
Gell. 19, 8, 3.—In a religious respect, pious, religious, holy, sacred, = pius:2.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).—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.:C.Isidis et Cybeles,
Tert. Jejun. 16.—In respect to the property and rights of others, free from, abstinent, disinterested: manus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 267, 12:A.homo castus ac non cupidus,
Cic. Sest. 43, 93:castissimus homo atque integerrimus,
id. Fl. 28, 68.— Adv.: castē.(Acc. to I.) Purely, spotlessly, without stain, uprightly:B.agere aetatem suam,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 149:et integre vivere,
Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 63; id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2.—(Acc. to II. A.) Chastely, virtuously: caste se habere a servis, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3:2.tueri eloquentiam ut adultam virginem,
Cic. Brut. 95, 330.—Of language, properly, correctly, classically:caste pureque linguā Latinā uti,
Gell. 17, 2, 7.—(Acc. to II. B.) Piously, religiously:2.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.castus, ūs (abl. heterocl. casto, Tert. Jejun. 16; Fest. s. v. minuitur, p. 154, 6 Müll.), m. [1. castus], ante- and post-class. for castimonia, 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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