castigatio

Latin

Etymology

From castīgō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

castīgātiō f (genitive castīgātiōnis); third declension

  1. chastisement, punishment, correction
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.19:
      Rēctissime ergō facere tē iūdicō quod timērī ā servīs tuīs nōn vīs, quod verbōrum castīgātiōne uterīs; verberibus mūta admonentur.
      Therefore, I judge that you are acting most correctly because you do not wish to be feared by your slaves, and because you make use of words in punishment; mute [animals] are admonished with whips.
  2. reproof
  3. pruning (of plants)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative castīgātiō castīgātiōnēs
genitive castīgātiōnis castīgātiōnum
dative castīgātiōnī castīgātiōnibus
accusative castīgātiōnem castīgātiōnēs
ablative castīgātiōne castīgātiōnibus
vocative castīgātiō castīgātiōnēs

References

  • castigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • castigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • castigatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.