castaldus

Latin

Alternative forms

• gastaldus

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (*gastalds, “occupying”, “administering”, occurring in compound words), from 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gastaldan, “to acquire, possess”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kasˈtal.dus/, [käs̠ˈt̪äɫ̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kasˈtal.dus/, [käsˈt̪äl̪d̪us]

Noun

castaldus m (genitive castaldī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of gastaldus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	castaldus	castaldī
Genitive	castaldī	castaldōrum
Dative	castaldō	castaldīs
Accusative	castaldum	castaldōs
Ablative	castaldō	castaldīs
Vocative	castalde	castaldī

Derived terms

• castaldia
• castaldicum
• castaldius
• castaldiānus
• castaldiātus
• castaldiō
• castaldānus
• castaldāticus
• castaldātus

 

Descendants

• Italian: castaldo

References

• castaldus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “castaldio, castaldius, castaldus et derivata”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 152/2