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Latin
Etymology
From castus + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
castitās f (genitive castitātis); third declension
- purity
- morality
- chastity
- Synonym: pudīcitia
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
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.