English

Noun

castellum ‎(plural castella or castellums)

1. (historical) A small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station.

Latin

castellum

Etymology

Diminutive of castrum ‎(“fort”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kasˈtel.lum/, [kasˈtɛl.lũ]

Noun

castellum n ‎(genitive castellī); second declension

1. castle, fort

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• castilium

Descendants

References

• castellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CASTELLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “castellum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• castellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castellum in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly