Definition of "castrum" []

• A Roman military camp. See camp. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The name Kastrati is said to derive from the Latin castrum, which is not impossible, for the main road from Scodra to Dioclea must have passed through Lower Kastrati and have needed guards to protect it."
• "The word castle evolved from the Latin word castrum meaning a closed fort or stronghold."
• "For the same reason was a camp or leaguer of old called castrum, as if they would have said castum; because the soldiers, wrestlers, runners, throwers of the bar, and other such-like athletic champions as are usually seen in a military circumvallation, do incessantly travail and turmoil, and are in a perpetual stir and agitation."