# castra
## English
### Noun

castra
* plural of castrum

### Anagrams

* Cartas, carats

## Catalan
### Verb

castra
* inflection of castrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kas.tʁa/

### Verb

castra
* third-person singular past historic of castrer

### Anagrams

* sacrât, tracas, traças

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.stra/
* Rhymes: -astra
* Hyphenation: cà‧stra

### Verb

castra
* inflection of castrare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* scarta

## Latin
### Etymology

Plural of castrum (“fort, castle”)

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkas.tra/, [ˈkäs̠t̪rä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkas.tra/, [ˈkäst̪rä]

### Noun

castra n pl (genitive castrōrum); second declension
* an encampment, camp
* (by extension) military service
* a philosophical sect

#### Usage notes

* Often used in the names of places.

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
| Nominative | castra |
| Genitive | castrōrum |
| Dative | castrīs |
| Accusative | castra |
| Ablative | castrīs |
| Vocative | castra |

#### Related terms

* castellum
* castrum

#### Descendants

* → Old English: ċeaster

### References

* “castra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “castra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* castra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* castra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to begin the march, break up the camp: castra movere a permanent camp: castra stativa (Sall. Iug. 44) winter-quarters, summer-quarters: castra hiberna, aestiva to encamp: castra ponere, locare to mark out a camp: castra metari (B. C. 3. 13) to make a fortified, entrenched camp: castra munire to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere) to strengthen the camp by outposts: castra praesidiis firmare to make a camp in common: castra coniungere, iungere (B. C. 1. 63) to leave the camp undefended: castra nudare (B. G. 7. 70)
* “castra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “castra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
* “castra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Portuguese
### Verb

castra
* inflection of castrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French castrer, Latin castrō. Cf. also cresta, which may be a doublet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kasˈtra/

### Verb

a castra (third-person singular present castrează, past participle castrat) 1st conj.
* to castrate

#### Derived terms

* castra in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

#### Related terms

* castrație

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkastɾa/ [ˈkas.t̪ɾa]
* Rhymes: -astɾa
* Syllabification: cas‧tra

### Verb

castra
* inflection of castrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative