castro Copy link Outline I. To deprive of generative power , ...2. Transf. to plants, to prune, lop, trim ...B. Trop.II. In gen., to shorten, cut off, curtail ...B. Trop., to enervate, debilitate ⓘcastrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcastrātē: adverbial • castro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Sanscr. çastra, knife, sword]. I. To deprive of generative power (both of male and female), to emasculate, castrate, geld: hircum, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 1 and 4: agnum, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18: gallos, id. ib. 3, 9, 3; Curt. 6, 3, 12; Val. Max. 6, 1, 13; Suet. Dom. 7: sues, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 208; 10, 21, 25, § 50; 11, 51, 112, § 261 al.— 2. Transf. to plants, to prune, lop, trim, Cato, R. R. 33, 2; Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144; 24, 8, 33, § 49.— B. Trop.: vina saccis, to pass through a sack or bag, to filter, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53; cf. id. 14, 22, 28, § 138 sq.: siligo castrata, i. e. cleaned, id. 18, 9, 20, § 86: semen, id. 15, 14, 15, § 51.— II. In gen., to shorten, cut off, curtail: caudas catulorum, Col. 7, 12, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153: alvos apum, to take up, to take out the honey, Col. 9, 15, 4; 9, 15, 11; cf.: castrare alvearia, Pall. 7, 7.— B. Trop., to enervate, debilitate: castrata res publica morte Africani, weakened (a vulgar figure, acc. to Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164; Quint. 8, 6, 15): nisi illum (Maecenatem) enervasset felicitas, immo castrasset, Sen. Ep. 19, 9: libellos, to remove obscenity, to expurgate, Mart. 1, 35, 14: vires, to diminish, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 60: avaritiam, to check, restrain, Claud. Eutr. 1, 192.
castrō Copy link Outline 1 châtrer : || ébrancher, élaguer : || rogner, amputer, enlever : courtauder ...2 [fig.] émasculer, débiliter, affaiblir : cf. || expurger : purger des vers ... ⓘcastrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcastrātē: adverbial • castrō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr., 1. châtrer : Pl. Merc. 272 ; Suet. Dom. 7, 11 || ébrancher, élaguer : Plin. 17, 144 ; Cato Agr. 33, 2 || rogner, amputer, enlever : castrare caudas catulorum Col. Rust. 7, 12, 14, courtauder de jeunes chiens || filtrer, cribler, tamiser : vina castrare Plin. 19, 53, filtrer du vin ; siligo castrata Plin. 18, 86, farine tamisée 2. [fig.] émasculer, débiliter, affaiblir : cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 164 || expurger : castrare libellos Mart. 1, 35, 14, purger des vers de ce qu'ils ont d'obscène.
castro Copy link ⓘcastrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcastrātē: adverbial CASTRO, are. [ἐκτέμνω, εὐνουχίζω, ὀρχοτομῶ] Proprie est Virilia amputare. […] 🗁 Page Scan
CASTRO Copy link ⓘcastrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcastrātē: adverbial CASTRO ↗Open in new tab (castro)
castrate Copy link Outline 1. castro, 12. exsĕco, 13. sĕco, ŭi, sectum, 1 • castrate: 1. castro, 1: Varr.: Suet. 2. exsĕco, 1: Cic.: Mart. 3. sĕco, ŭi, sectum, 1: Mart.
CASTRATE Copy link • CASTRATEvirilitatem alicui adimere, excidere, or exsecare. Vid: Castrare, evirare, eunuchare, belong rather to the language of low comedy.