castimonia Latin · revision 9936

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''castīmōnia''' ''f'' (genitive castīmōniae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Apuleius has a neuter ''castimōnium''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|castus|-mōnia|t1=pure, chaste]], formed like [[ācrimōnia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant purity, morality, as in Cicero's ''Prō Caeliō'', and ceremonial purity or purification, especially by continence and abstinence, as in his ''Laws''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for abstinence, self-restraint, chastity.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for chastity, as of a widow's vow.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of moral and ritual purity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|purity|alt=Purity]], morality.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Ceremonial purity; [[m|en|continence]], [[m|en|abstinence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|chastity|alt=Chastity]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[castimonialis]]

+ * [[castimōnium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[castitas]]

+ * [[castus]]

+ * [[incestus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}