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Latin
Etymology
From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (*gastalds, “occupying”, “administering”, occurring in compound words), from 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gastaldan, “to acquire, possess”).
Pronunciation
Noun
castaldus m (genitive castaldī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of gastaldus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
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