castitas

castĭtas, ātis, f. [castus], purity.

• I In gen., purity of morals, morality (post-class.): 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.

castitās, ātis, f. (castus), die moralische Reinheit, I) im allg., die Sittenreinheit, Moralität, vitae, Gell. 15, 18, 2. – II) insbes.: A) die Keuschheit, Cic. de legg. 2, 29. Hor. carm. 3, 24, 22. Plin. pan. 20, 2. Tac. ann. 1, 33 u.a. – personif., Castitas = Minerva, Pallad. 1, 6, 14. – B) die Uneigennützigkeit (Ggstz. avaritia), Vitr. 1, 1, 7: praeturae maximā castitate, Macr. sat. 7, 3, 15. – C) in bezug auf den Stil, die Reinheit, eloquentiae, Hieron. vir. ill. 106.

castitas [CL] , chastity. b purity (of doctrine). non ‥ ita laudandae virginitatis sublimitas ‥ splendescit ut arta ~atis continentia, qui secundus est gradus, omnino inferius spreta vilescat Aldh. VirgP 9; regina formosa frontis effigie sed formosior cordis ~ate Ib. 36; ea quae monasticae ~atis ac pietatis erant et discere curabat et agere Bede HE V 19; scimus plures sanctas mulieres, quae post amissam virginitatem plus placuerunt Deo ‥ per paenitentiam in ~ate quam plures aliae ‥ in virginitate Anselm (Ep. 168) IV 45; inter varias ‥ virtutes ~atis prerogativa preeminet et precellit Gir. TH III 27; per ~atem, que est virtus concupiscibilis in continendo ab opere generative, vel universaliter vel secundum determinatas condiciones Hales Qu. 1154; c1284 frustra laboravimus pro illibato servando vestre lilio ~atis, nisi vestra conetur sancta emulatio nostris vos monitis coaptare Peckham Ep. 610; 1472 ~atis decus Melrose 577.  b Aldhelm ‥ scripsit ‥ librum egregium adversus errorem Brettonum quo ‥ perplura ecclesiasticae ~ati et paci contraria gerunt Bede HE V 18.

castĭtās, (12) ātis f. (castus), pureté, chasteté : Cic. Leg. 2, 29 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 33 || pureté de mœurs : castitate vitæ sanctus Gell. 15, 18, 2, respectable par la pureté de ses mœurs || désintéressement, intégrité : Macr. Sat. 7, 3, 15.

castitas , atis. f. et, v. castitudo
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castitās ātis, f

• castus, purity, chastity: feminarum: metuens alterius viri, H.: rara, Ta.