castus.
ceremonial state of abstinence; sexual abstinence on religious grounds;
Meaning & usage
morally pure, guiltless, spotless
especially in regard to sexual morality: pure, chaste, unpolluted, virtuous, continent
pure, free from barbarisms
in a religious context: religious, pious, holy, sacred
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.? Proto-Italic *kastos Latin castus Verbal adjective from the same root of careō (“to lack”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Compare the meanings of pūrus/putus and derived putō. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌂𐌄 (castce).
an abstinence from sensual enjoyments on religious grounds
Where this word comes from
From careō + -tus, thus from the same root as Etymology 1.
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