castratio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

castrātĭo, ōnis, f. [castro].

I An emasculating , castration of animals , Col. 6, 26; 7, 11, 1; Pall. Mai, 7, 3; Dig. 21, 1, 38.—

II A pruning , Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206.