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castitas

castitas · f

purity

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Where it lives

De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 4 · 10.24/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 4 · 7.81/10k
Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
Avidius Cassius 1 · 3.83/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 16 · 3.66/10k
De Pudicitia 4 · 2.98/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Octavius 3 · 2.59/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

castĭtas — Lewis & Short

castĭtas, ātis, f.castus,

I purity.

I In gen., purity of morals, morality (postclass.): vitae, Gell. 15, 18, 2.—

II Esp.

A Purity of body, chastity (rare but class.; syn. pudicitia): ut sentiant mulieres naturam feminarum omnem castitatem pati, * Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29 Mos.; so * Hor. C. 3, 24, 23; Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59; Plin. Pan. 20, 2; Tac. Agr. 4; id. A. 1, 33; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2. —Hence, person.: Castĭtas, the goddess of Chastity, = Minerva, Pall. 1, 6, 14.—

B Purity with regard to gain, disinterestedness (opp. avaritia), Vitr. 1, 1: praeturae, Macr. S. 7, 3, § 15.

In the wild

castitas Horace, Carmina 3.24
castitatis Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.4.p3
castitatem Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.9.p2
castitate Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 51.3
castitate Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 52.5
castitas Historia Augusta, Tyranni Triginta 30

6 of 88 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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