chaste Copy link Outline I. Of morals1. castus (having ref. to purity in general2. pŭdīcus (of purity in the relations of sexII. Of style and language1. pūrus2. pressus (i. e. pruned; bare of ornament)3. castus4. ēmendātus • chaste: I. Of morals: 1. castus (having ref. to purity in general: v. pure): c. Minerva, c. Minerva, Hor.: a c. expression of countenance, c. vultus, Ov.: a c. house, c. domus, Cat. 2. pŭdīcus (of purity in the relations of sex:): the c. blush even to speak about chastity, erubescunt pudici etiam loqui de pudicitia, Cic.: c. Hippolytus, p. Hippolytus, Hor.: c. Penelope, p. Penelope, Hor.: a c. house, p. domus, Cic.: c. manners, p. mores., Pl.: Ov. II. Of style and language: 1. pūrus: a c. and perspicuous style, p. et candidum (illustre) genus dicendi, Cic.: a concise and c. style, pressus sermo p.que, Plin. Ep. (Purus is also used to designate language free from barbarisms: Cic.) 2. pressus (i. e. pruned; bare of ornament): instead of being c., they become meagre, fiunt pro pressis exiles, Quint.: Cic. (who applies the term to the style of Thucydides). 3. castus: an exceedingly c. style, sermo castissimus, Gell. 4. ēmendātus: i. e. generally faultless: q. v. Phr.: a c. style of painting, *genus pingendi purum ac lenociniis carens.