The corpus record — Latin

castellum

castellum · n

a castle

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Where it lives

De Bello Hispaniensi 12 · 19.82/10k
Thrasybulus 1 · 16.67/10k
Datames 3 · 16.47/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 7 · 10.39/10k
Eumenes 2 · 8.74/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 9 · 8.63/10k
De Bello Civili 27 · 8.36/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 9 · 7.8/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 13 · 7.67/10k
Miltiades 1 · 7.5/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 4 · 6.97/10k
De Bello Africo 9 · 6.92/10k

Densest 12 of 80 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

castellum — Lewis & Short

castellum, i, n.dim.castrum,

I a castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 30; id. B. C. 3, 36; Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9; id. Caecin. 7, 20; Sall. J. 54, 6; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Alcib. 7, 4; Liv. 10, 46, 11; 21, 11, 10; Verg. A. 5, 440; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 34 al.; also of a single bulwark, bastion, Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 2, 8; 7, 69; id. B. C. 3, 44; and poet. of a dwelling in an elevated position, Verg. G. 3, 475.—

B In mechanics, a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions, a reservoir, Vitr. 8, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 35; Dig. 19, 1, 17; 43, 20, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3203 al.—

II Trop., shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge (cf. arx, I. B.): templum Castoris fuit arx civium perditorum... castellum forensis latrocinii, Cic. Pis. 5, 11: urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defendis, id. Div. 2, 16, 37: tribunal Appii castellum omnium scelerum, Liv. 3, 57, 2.

In the wild

castelli Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 p39
castellum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 24.5.11
castella Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 p37
castellaque Livy, Ab urbe condita 3bis.40.33.9
castella Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.52.1
castella Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.43.20.4

6 of 510 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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