con-castīgo, āre, v. a., to chastise severely, to punish (ante- and post-class.): hominem probe, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 94; 5, 2, 56; id. Trin. 1, 1, 4; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.