Noun: castrum
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | castrum |
| Plural | castra |
Genitive
| Singular | castrī |
| Plural | castrōrum |
Dative
| Singular | castrō |
| Plural | castrīs |
Accusative
| Singular | castrum |
| Plural | castra |
Ablative
| Singular | castrō |
| Plural | castrīs |
Vocative
| Singular | castrum |
| Plural | castra |
Sample Sentences
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Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto […] (Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp […]) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 5.9]
Nouns inflected like castrum
palmētum,
miliardum,
rēctangulum,
bactērium,
frūctum,
melimēlum,
scītum,
scūtum,
lanthanum,
sertum,
sacrum,
pentaptōtum,
dēcrēmentum,
sorbum,
fundibulum,
alphabētum,
siglum,
signum,
flābrum,
nūtrīmentum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom (Latin -trum) (Watkins, 1969). Cognate with Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool, sword”). See also castrō, careō.
Verbs referencing "castrum"
English Nouns
castle, English Nouns
castellano, English Nouns
castrum, Italian Nouns
cassero, Galician Nouns
castro, Portuguese Nouns
castro, Spanish Nouns
castro, Spanish Nouns
alcázar, Greek Nouns
κάστρο, English Nouns
chatelain, Catalan Nouns
alcàsser, Polish Nouns
alkazar, Ancient Greek Nouns
κάστρον.
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