"castor" meaning in Latin

See castor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkas.tor/ [Classical], [ˈkäs̠t̪ɔr] [Classical], /ˈkas.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkäst̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|κάστωρ}} Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), {{m|grc|κάστον||wood}} κάστον (káston, “wood”), {{m|sa|कस्तूरी||musk}} कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”) Head templates: {{la-noun|castor/castor<3>|g=m}} castor m (genitive castoris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|castor/castor<3>}} Forms: castoris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], castor [nominative, singular], castorēs [nominative, plural], castoris [genitive, singular], castorum [genitive, plural], castorī [dative, singular], castoribus [dative, plural], castorem [accusative, singular], castorēs [accusative, plural], castore [ablative, singular], castoribus [ablative, plural], castor [singular, vocative], castorēs [plural, vocative]
  1. beaver Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (lifeform): Rodents Synonyms: fiber, beber [Late-Latin] Derived forms: castoreātus, castoreum, castorīnātus, castorīnus Related terms: Castor

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "castor"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "castor"
          },
          "expansion": "French: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "castôr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: castôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: castôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "castoro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: castoro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: castoro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: castor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κάστωρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κάστον",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wood"
      },
      "expansion": "κάστον (káston, “wood”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कस्तूरी",
        "3": "",
        "4": "musk"
      },
      "expansion": "कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castoris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castoris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castor/castor<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "castor m (genitive castoris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castor/castor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Rodents",
          "orig": "la:Rodents",
          "parents": [
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "castoreātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "castoreum"
        },
        {
          "word": "castorīnātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "castorīnus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beaver"
      ],
      "id": "en-castor-la-noun-cdokjGBJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Castor"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fiber"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Late-Latin"
          ],
          "word": "beber"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäst̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castor"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "castoreātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "castoreum"
    },
    {
      "word": "castorīnātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "castorīnus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "castor"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "castor"
          },
          "expansion": "French: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "castôr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: castôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: castôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "castoro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: castoro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: castoro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: castor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "castor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: castor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: castor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κάστωρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κάστον",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wood"
      },
      "expansion": "κάστον (káston, “wood”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कस्तूरी",
        "3": "",
        "4": "musk"
      },
      "expansion": "कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castoris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castoris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castorēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castor/castor<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "castor m (genitive castoris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castor/castor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Castor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "la:Rodents"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beaver"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäst̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fiber"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "beber"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castor"
}

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