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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- castĭtas, ātis, f. [castus], purity. I. In gen., purity of morals, morality (postclass.):
vitae
, Gell. 15, 18, 2.—II. Esp. A. Purity of body, chastity (rare but class.; syn. pudicitia): ut sentiant mulieres naturam feminarum omnem castitatem pati, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29 Mos.; so Hor. C. 3, 24, 23; Plin. 24, 9, 38, 59; Plin. Pan. 20, 2; Tac. Agr. 4; id. A. 1, 33; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2. —Hence, person.: Castĭtas, the goddess of Chastity, = Minerva, Pall. 1, 6, 14.—B. Purity with regard to gain, disinterestedness (opp. avaritia), Vitr. 1, 1: praeturae
, Macr. S. 7, 3, 15.
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