castratus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of castrō (“castrate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kasˈtraː.tus/, [käs̠ˈt̪räːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kasˈtra.tus/, [käsˈt̪räːt̪us]

Adjective

castrātus (feminine castrāta, neuter castrātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. castrated, emasculated
2. pruned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	castrātus	castrāta	castrātum		castrātī	castrātae	castrāta
Genitive	castrātī	castrātae	castrātī		castrātōrum	castrātārum	castrātōrum
Dative	castrātō		castrātō		castrātīs
Accusative	castrātum	castrātam	castrātum		castrātōs	castrātās	castrāta
Ablative	castrātō	castrātā	castrātō		castrātīs
Vocative	castrāte	castrāta	castrātum		castrātī	castrātae	castrāta

Derived terms

• castrātiō

Noun

castrātus m (genitive castrātī); second declension

1. eunuch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	castrātus	castrātī
Genitive	castrātī	castrātōrum
Dative	castrātō	castrātīs
Accusative	castrātum	castrātōs
Ablative	castrātō	castrātīs
Vocative	castrāte	castrātī

Descendants

• French: châtré
• Friulian: cjastrât
• Italian: castrato
• Portuguese: castrado
• Sicilian: castratu
• Spanish: castrado

References

• castratus 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)