Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

castigate

 

1) to criticize severely; 2) to punish, chastise

 

Many a loving parent finds it necessary to castigate a disobedient child, but what loving parent would want to punish a son or daughter eternally?

 

Related English words: castigation, castigator, castigatory

 

Latin root words: castigo, castigare, castigavi, castigatus - to set right, reprove, punish, chastise; castigatio, castigationis, f. - reproof; punishment; castigator, castigatoris, m. - one who reproves or chastises

 

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