"castor" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Forms: castorēs [plural, nominative], castorēs [plural, vocative], castorem [singular, accusative], castorēs [plural, accusative], castoris [singular, genitive], castorum [plural, genitive], castorī [singular, dative], castoribus [plural, dative], castorĕ [singular, ablative], castoribus [plural, ablative]
  1. Castor.
    Sense id: fr-castor-la-noun-pS7vfp24 Categories (other): Exemples en latin, Rongeurs en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fiber Derived forms: castorea, castoreum, castorinatus, castorinus
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      "word": "castorea"
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    {
      "translation": "castoréum",
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    },
    {
      "translation": "qui porte un vêtement en peau de castor",
      "word": "castorinatus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "de castor",
      "word": "castorinus"
    }
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    "Du grec ancien κάστωρ, kástôr."
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          "ref": "Pline, Naturalis Historia, livre 32",
          "text": "spectabili naturae potentia, in iis quoque, quibus et in terris victus est, sicut fibris, quos castoras vocant et castorea testes eorum. amputari hos ab ipsis, cum capiantur, negat Sextius diligentissimus medicinae, quin immo parvos esse substrictosque et adhaerentes spinae, nec adimi sine vita animalis posse ; adulterari autem renibus eiusdem, qui sint grandes, cum veri testes parvi admodum reperiantur. praeterea ne vesicas quidem esse, cum sint geminae, quod nulli animalium ; in iis folliculis inveniri liquorem et adservari sale.",
          "translation": "Il faut admirer encore la puissance de la nature dans les animaux qui vivent sur la terre et dans l’eau. Tels sont les bièvres, qu’on appèle castors ; leurs testicules portent le nom decastoréum. Sextius, auteur très exact en matière médicale, assure que ces animaux, quand on les prend, ne se coupent pas les testicules. Il ajoute que ces organes sont petits, resserrés et adhérents à l’épine, et qu’on ne peut les enlever sans donner la mort à l’animal ; qu’on falsifie le castoréum avec les reins du castor, qui sont gros, tandis que les vrais testicules sont très petits ; qu’en outre il ne faut pas les confondre avec deux vésicules qu’on ne voit chez aucun autre animal ; que dans ces vésicules se trouve une liqueur que l’on conserve en la salant. — (traduction)"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fiber"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "castor"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "castorea"
    },
    {
      "translation": "castoréum",
      "word": "castoreum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui porte un vêtement en peau de castor",
      "word": "castorinatus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "de castor",
      "word": "castorinus"
    }
  ],
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    "Du grec ancien κάστωρ, kástôr."
  ],
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    },
    {
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    {
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        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "castorum",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "castorī",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "castoribus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
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      "form": "castorĕ",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castoribus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "ablative"
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "Pline, Naturalis Historia, livre 32",
          "text": "spectabili naturae potentia, in iis quoque, quibus et in terris victus est, sicut fibris, quos castoras vocant et castorea testes eorum. amputari hos ab ipsis, cum capiantur, negat Sextius diligentissimus medicinae, quin immo parvos esse substrictosque et adhaerentes spinae, nec adimi sine vita animalis posse ; adulterari autem renibus eiusdem, qui sint grandes, cum veri testes parvi admodum reperiantur. praeterea ne vesicas quidem esse, cum sint geminae, quod nulli animalium ; in iis folliculis inveniri liquorem et adservari sale.",
          "translation": "Il faut admirer encore la puissance de la nature dans les animaux qui vivent sur la terre et dans l’eau. Tels sont les bièvres, qu’on appèle castors ; leurs testicules portent le nom decastoréum. Sextius, auteur très exact en matière médicale, assure que ces animaux, quand on les prend, ne se coupent pas les testicules. Il ajoute que ces organes sont petits, resserrés et adhérents à l’épine, et qu’on ne peut les enlever sans donner la mort à l’animal ; qu’on falsifie le castoréum avec les reins du castor, qui sont gros, tandis que les vrais testicules sont très petits ; qu’en outre il ne faut pas les confondre avec deux vésicules qu’on ne voit chez aucun autre animal ; que dans ces vésicules se trouve une liqueur que l’on conserve en la salant. — (traduction)"
        }
      ],
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        "Castor."
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        "Glirologie"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fiber"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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  "word": "castor"
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