castitas

Latin

Etymology

From castus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ti.taːs/, [ˈkäs̠t̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ti.tas/, [ˈkäst̪it̪äs]

Noun

castitās f (genitive castitātis); third declension

1. purity
2. morality
3. chastity

   Synonym: pudīcitia

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	castitās	castitātēs
Genitive	castitātis	castitātum
Dative	castitātī	castitātibus
Accusative	castitātem	castitātēs
Ablative	castitāte	castitātibus
Vocative	castitās	castitātēs

Descendants

Descendants of castitas in other languages

• Catalan: castedat
• Italian: castità
• Old French: chasteté
  • English: chastity
  • French: chasteté
• Old Galician-Portuguese: castidade
  • Galician: castidade
  • Portuguese: castidade
• Spanish: castidad

References

• “castitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “castitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.