mecastor

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of adiuvet mē Castor (literally “so help me Castor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːˈkas.tor/, [meːˈkäs̠t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈkas.tor/, [meˈkäst̪or]

Interjection

mēcastor

1. An expression showing that one is surprised, annoyed, or excited.

See also

• ēcastor

References

• “mecastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mecastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mecastor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• mecastor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung