adverb
castē
castē (comparative castius, superlative castissimē)
Classical[ˈkas.teː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkas.te]
Meaning
- purely, spotlessly, virtuously
- piously, religiously
castē, adv., v. castus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
castē adv. with comp. and sup.
castus, purely, spotlessly, without stain, virtuously: vivere: tueri virginem. — Piously, religiously: haec tribuenda deorum numini: castius sacra facere, L.: castissime colere deos: placare deos, O.
Origins
From castus + -ē.