castigatio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kas.tiːˈɡaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kas.t̪iˈɡat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
castīgātiō f (genitive castīgātiōnis); third declension
- 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.
- Rēctissime ergō facere tē iūdicō quod timērī ā servīs tuīs nōn vīs, quod verbōrum castīgātiōne uterīs; verberibus mūta admonentur.
- reproof
- 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.