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castrum.

fort/fortress; camp (pl.), military camp/field; army; war service; day's march; castle, fortress; (fortified) town; [~ doloris => catafalque/coffin platform];

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkas.trũː]Classical-Latin[ˈkas.trum]
  1. castle, fort, fortress

    declension-2 · neuter
  2. several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment

    declension-2 · in-plural · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”) + Proto-Indo-European *-trom (Latin -trum) (Watkins, 1969). Cognate with Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastrá, “cutting tool, sword”). See also castrō, careō.

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