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ad castam

English translation: possibilities

14:12 Mar 25, 2005
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Archaeology / Medieval landscape history
Latin term or phrase: ad castam
in an monetary account for a medieval deer park money is spent on:
in haia emend' circa Longclere pro loca ad castam (or cascam)....

The imporatant word here is casta or casca .. any help much appreciated. Thanks
Muff
English translation:possibilities
Explanation:
we need more context, but there are a couple of other possibilities:
'cascam' can mean 'old', or 'castum' is an occasional alternative for 'castellum', which may fit here

'cascus cascam ducit'
http://www.kocher.pro.br/dicionario/c02.htm
(significa) castello 'castum o castellum'
http://194.241.31.54/easydata/customers/porvoonmatkailu/file...
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Kieran McCann
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:39
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8from (castus, a, um) Pure, Honest, Correct
Pierre POUSSIN
2possibilities
Kieran McCann


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
from (castus, a, um) Pure, Honest, Correct


Explanation:
In fact I think "castam" is here an adjective and we should need the word that follows to give an accurate answer.

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 17:39
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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possibilities


Explanation:
we need more context, but there are a couple of other possibilities:
'cascam' can mean 'old', or 'castum' is an occasional alternative for 'castellum', which may fit here

'cascus cascam ducit'
http://www.kocher.pro.br/dicionario/c02.htm
(significa) castello 'castum o castellum'
http://194.241.31.54/easydata/customers/porvoonmatkailu/file...

Kieran McCann
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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