"castrum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkas.trum/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈkas.trum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkäst̪rum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kastrom}} Proto-Italic *kastrom, {{suffix|la|*ḱes-|*-trom|gloss1=to cut, cut off, separate|lang1=ine-pro|lang2=ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom, {{af|la|-trum}} -trum, {{cog|sa|शस्त्र|t=cutting tool, sword|tr=śastrá}} Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool, sword”) Head templates: {{la-noun|castrum<2>}} castrum n (genitive castrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|castrum<2>}} Forms: castrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], castrum [nominative, singular], castra [nominative, plural], castrī [genitive, singular], castrōrum [genitive, plural], castrō [dative, singular], castrīs [dative, plural], castrum [accusative, singular], castra [accusative, plural], castrō [ablative, singular], castrīs [ablative, plural], castrum [singular, vocative], castra [plural, vocative]
  1. castle, fort, fortress Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-castrum-la-noun-JpktO0ab Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 53 47
  2. (chiefly in the plural) several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment Tags: declension-2, in-plural, neuter
    Sense id: en-castrum-la-noun-7yXACuN0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -trum Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 53 47 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -trum: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: castellum, castra

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "castellum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "castra"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: castro, crasto, Castro, Crasto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: castro, crasto, Castro, Crasto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "-kastër",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: -kastër",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: -kastër"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "קַצְרָא",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qaṣrā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: קַצְרָא (qaṣrā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: קַצְרָא (qaṣrā) / ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (qaṣrā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَصْر",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَصْر (qaṣr)\nHijazi Arabic: قصر (gaṣur)\nMoroccan Arabic: قصر (qṣar)\n→ English: ksar\n→ French: ksar\n→ Italian: cassero, cassaro\n→ Old Catalan: alcacer\nCatalan: alcàsser\n→ Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer\nGalician: alcácer\nPortuguese: alcácer\n→ Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer\nSpanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)\n→ Persian: قصر (qasr)\nTajik: қаср (qasr)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قصر\nTurkish: kasır\n→ Uzbek: qasr\n→ Sicilian: càssaru\n→ Swahili: kasri\n→ Uyghur: قەسىر (qesir)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَصْر (qaṣr)\nHijazi Arabic: قصر (gaṣur)\nMoroccan Arabic: قصر (qṣar)\n→ English: ksar\n→ French: ksar\n→ Italian: cassero, cassaro\n→ Old Catalan: alcacer\nCatalan: alcàsser\n→ Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer\nGalician: alcácer\nPortuguese: alcácer\n→ Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer\nSpanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)\n→ Persian: قصر (qasr)\nTajik: қаср (qasr)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قصر\nTurkish: kasır\n→ Uzbek: qasr\n→ Sicilian: càssaru\n→ Swahili: kasri\n→ Uyghur: قەسىر (qesir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Berber [languages?]: aɣasru, ɣasru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "κάστρον",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Byzantine Greek: κάστρον (kástron)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Byzantine Greek: κάστρον (kástron)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κάστρο",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "castrum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castrum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castrum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קְצָרָה",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qəṣārā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ceaster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: ceaster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: ceaster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Chestre"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Chestre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Chestre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-caster",
            "3": "-cester",
            "4": "-chester",
            "5": "Chester"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -caster, -cester, -chester, Chester",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -caster, -cester, -chester, Chester"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castru",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: castru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: castru"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kastrom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kastrom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*ḱes-",
        "3": "*-trom",
        "gloss1": "to cut, cut off, separate",
        "lang1": "ine-pro",
        "lang2": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-trum"
      },
      "expansion": "-trum",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "शस्त्र",
        "t": "cutting tool, sword",
        "tr": "śastrá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool, sword”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castrum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "castrum n (genitive castrī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castrum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "castle, fort, fortress"
      ],
      "id": "en-castrum-la-noun-JpktO0ab",
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -trum",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp […]",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.9",
          "text": "Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment"
      ],
      "id": "en-castrum-la-noun-7yXACuN0",
      "links": [
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ],
        [
          "tents",
          "tents"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "camp",
          "camp"
        ],
        [
          "encampment",
          "encampment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäst̪rum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castrum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -trum",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "castellum"
    },
    {
      "word": "castra"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: castro, crasto, Castro, Crasto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: castro, crasto, Castro, Crasto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "castro",
            "3": "Castro"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: castro, Castro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: castro, Castro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "-kastër",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: -kastër",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: -kastër"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "קַצְרָא",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qaṣrā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: קַצְרָא (qaṣrā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: קַצְרָא (qaṣrā) / ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (qaṣrā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَصْر",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَصْر (qaṣr)\nHijazi Arabic: قصر (gaṣur)\nMoroccan Arabic: قصر (qṣar)\n→ English: ksar\n→ French: ksar\n→ Italian: cassero, cassaro\n→ Old Catalan: alcacer\nCatalan: alcàsser\n→ Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer\nGalician: alcácer\nPortuguese: alcácer\n→ Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer\nSpanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)\n→ Persian: قصر (qasr)\nTajik: қаср (qasr)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قصر\nTurkish: kasır\n→ Uzbek: qasr\n→ Sicilian: càssaru\n→ Swahili: kasri\n→ Uyghur: قەسىر (qesir)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَصْر (qaṣr)\nHijazi Arabic: قصر (gaṣur)\nMoroccan Arabic: قصر (qṣar)\n→ English: ksar\n→ French: ksar\n→ Italian: cassero, cassaro\n→ Old Catalan: alcacer\nCatalan: alcàsser\n→ Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer\nGalician: alcácer\nPortuguese: alcácer\n→ Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer\nSpanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)\n→ Persian: قصر (qasr)\nTajik: қаср (qasr)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قصر\nTurkish: kasır\n→ Uzbek: qasr\n→ Sicilian: càssaru\n→ Swahili: kasri\n→ Uyghur: قەسىر (qesir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Berber [languages?]: aɣasru, ɣasru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "κάστρον",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Byzantine Greek: κάστρον (kástron)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Byzantine Greek: κάστρον (kástron)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κάστρο",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κάστρο n (kástro)\n→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲩ (kastrou), → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ (kastron)\n→ Aromanian: castru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "castrum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castrum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castrum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "קְצָרָה",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qəṣārā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: קְצָרָה (qəṣārā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ceaster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: ceaster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: ceaster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Chestre"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Chestre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Chestre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-caster",
            "3": "-cester",
            "4": "-chester",
            "5": "Chester"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -caster, -cester, -chester, Chester",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -caster, -cester, -chester, Chester"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castru",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: castru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: castru"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kastrom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kastrom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*ḱes-",
        "3": "*-trom",
        "gloss1": "to cut, cut off, separate",
        "lang1": "ine-pro",
        "lang2": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-trum"
      },
      "expansion": "-trum",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "शस्त्र",
        "t": "cutting tool, sword",
        "tr": "śastrá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool, sword”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castrum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "castrum n (genitive castrī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castrum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle, fort, fortress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Caesar, having disembarked his army and chosen a convenient place for the camp […]",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.9",
          "text": "Caesar exposito exercitu et loco castris idoneo capto […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ],
        [
          "tents",
          "tents"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "camp",
          "camp"
        ],
        [
          "encampment",
          "encampment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkas.trum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäst̪rum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castrum"
}

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