English → Latin
“chaste” in Latin
castusmorally pure, guiltless, spotless; especially in regard to sexual morality: pure, chaste, unpolluted, virtuous, continenintegercomplete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthypudīcuschaste, pure, undefiled; modest, shamefaced, bashful; virtuous, honorable or honourable, faithfulsānctussacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred.; sanctified or made holy; venerable, august, divine, blessed
The English word chaste itself goes back to Latin castus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chaste
castus: castus purusque: purus et castus: integer (unpolluted). (The words are found in this connection and order), castus et integer; integer castusque: pudicus (modest): sanctus (pure in the eyes of the Deity). (The words are found in this connection and order), sanctus et castus. Chaste love, amor castus: amor sanctus (amores sancti). Chaste morals, mores pudici. To live a chaste life, caste or sancte vivere. This play is chaste in subject and language, haec ad pudicos nnores facta fabula est.
Chaste = correct in language, style, etc., (sermo) purus, rectus, bonus, or emendatus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chaste?
- The usual Latin words for “chaste” are castus, integer, pudīcus; also sānctus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.