Cato

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See also: cato, CATO, cató, and Cató

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin Cato. A cognomen made particularly famous by Cato the Elder and Younger, members of the gens Porcia.

Proper noun

Cato

  1. (rare) A male given name from Latin.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, Indiana.
    2. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
    3. A township in Montcalm County, Michigan.
    4. An unincorporated community in Barry County, Missouri.
    5. A town and village in Cayuga County, New York.
    6. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Etymology 2

From French Catherine. Used as a matronymic.

Proper noun

Cato

  1. A surname from French.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *katō, related to catus (“intelligent”) with individualizing suffix -on- (< PIE *-e/on-, the "Στράβων" suffix).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Catō m sg (genitive Catōnis); third declension

  1. A cognomen, particularly a branch of the gens Porcia.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Catō
genitive Catōnis
dative Catōnī
accusative Catōnem
ablative Catōne
vocative Catō

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: Kato
  • ?Catalan: Cató
  • English: Cato
  • French: Caton
  • Ancient Greek: Κάτων (Kátōn)
  • Italian: Catone
  • Norwegian: Cato
  • Sicilian: Catuni

References

  • “Căto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor: Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
  • “Cato”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Căto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 276/1.
  • “Catō” on page 286/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Cato.

Proper noun

Cato

  1. a male given name popular in the 1970s and 1980s
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