Catilina

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Italian

Raffigurazione di Catilina – Depiction of Catiline

Etymology

From Latin Catilīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.tiˈli.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ti‧lì‧na

Proper noun

Catilina m

  1. Catiline (Lucius Sergius Catilina)

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from catus (clever, cunning, sly) as a diminutive,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (sharpened), from *ḱeh₃- (to sharpen).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.tiˈliː.na/,

Proper noun

Catilīna m sg (genitive Catilīnae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Catiline

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Catilīna
Genitive Catilīnae
Dative Catilīnae
Accusative Catilīnam
Ablative Catilīnā
Vocative Catilīna

Derived terms

References

  • Catilina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Catilina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “catiline”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.