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Galician
Etymology
From Latin castus.
Adjective
casto (feminine casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas)
- chaste
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin castus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
casto (feminine casta, masculine plural casti, feminine plural caste)
- chaste (abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse)
- Antonyms: erotomane, libidinoso, lussurioso, (of a woman) ninfomane
13th c., “Cap. XXXV: Dell'Agnocasto”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 269:E chiamasi agnocasto, perocchè reprimendo la lussuria, rende casto colui, che sopra il porta, come l'agnello.- And it is called chaste tree because, by repressing lust, makes the one that carries it chaste, like the lamb.
14th c., Bartolomeo da San Concordio, Ammaestramenti degli antichi, Milan: Società tipografica de' Classici Italiani, published 1808, page 257:L'uomo secondo se stima d'altrui: il fornicatore pensa che niuno sia casto- People judge others based on themselves: the fornicator believes no one is chaste
c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto, Capitolo 9 [Fourth Treatise, Chapter 9]”, in Convivio [The Banquet], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964:Sono anche operazioni che la nostra [ragione] considera ne l’atto de la volontade, sì come offendere e giovare, sì come star fermo e fuggire a la battaglia, sì come stare casto e lussuriare- There are also activities which our reason contemplates as an act of the will, as for instance giving offense or assistance, standing ground or fleeing in battle, and remaining chaste or yielding to lust.
1581, “Libro V [Book 5]”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid], Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, pages 230–231:[…] Appresentossi in prima
Eurïalo con Niso. Un giovinetto
Di singolar bellezza Eurïalo era;
E Niso un di lui fido e casto amante.- Euryalus came first, together with Nisus. Euryalus was a particularly handsome youth, and Nisus a faithful and chaste lover of his.
1581, Torquato Tasso, “Canto quinto [Fifth Canto]”, in Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered], Erasmo Viotti, page 135:Io: mentre ch'eri de' nimici ancella:
Ti conservai la mente, e i membri casti;
E tu, libera, hor vuoi perder la bella
Virginità, ch'in prigionia guardasti?- I, while you were prisoner of the enemy, kept my mind and body pure. Do you, now free, wish to lose the beautiful virginity you kept while imprisoned?
- chaste (having had no sexual experience)
- Synonyms: illibato, vergine
1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro I”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici, collected in Poesie Italiane by Saverio Orlando, Bologna: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1988, section 46:Sembra Talia se in man prende la cetra,
sembra Minerva se in man prende l’asta;
se l’arco ha in mano, al fianco la faretra,
giurar potrai che sia Diana casta.- She would resemble Thalia if she took lyre in hand, Minerva, if she held a spear; if she had a bow in hand and quiver at her side, you would swear she was chaste Diana.
- (by extension) pure, innocent, virtuous
- Synonyms: innocente, puro, virtuoso
- Antonym: impuro
1581, Torquato Tasso, “Canto quinto [Fifth Canto]”, in Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered], Erasmo Viotti, page 111:La bella Donna, ch'ogni cor più casto
Arder credeva ad un girar di ciglia:
O come perde hor l'alterezza, e 'l fasto- The beautiful woman, who thought every pure heart to be burning at the turn of eyelashes: o, how she loses her haughtiness and pride
1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Ode - 14 decembre 1792”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater], London, page 77:Oh bei costumi semplici,
Là dove l'oro invan suoi strali avventa!
Là dove i padri languidi
Pura pietade filial sostenta.
Dove a modesta vergine
Casti imenei marito amante danno;
Dove de' figli il numero
Mai non si ascrive il genitore a danno.- O beautiful, modest customs, against which gold throws in vain its arrows! There where the weakened fathers are supported by sheer filial piety; where chaste weddings give a modest virgin a loving husband; where the number of children is never seen as a liability by the parent.
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- casto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *kastō (“box, case”).
Pronunciation
Noun
castō m (genitive castōnis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) encasement
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Adjective
castō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of castus
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus, possibly borrowed.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -astu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtu
- Hyphenation: cas‧to
Adjective
casto (feminine casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas)
- chaste (abstaining from sexual activity)
- Antonyms: pervertido, tarado, devasso
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin castus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkasto/
- Rhymes: -asto
- Syllabification: cas‧to
Adjective
casto (feminine casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas, superlative castísimo)
- chaste (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
- (obsolete) pure
- Synonym: puro
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