OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12232

castrate

/ˈkæs.tɹeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
capar • castrar
To remove the testicles of a person or animal.
If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body.