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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A feminisation of catellus (“a little dog”, “a puppy”, “a whelp”) or an alteration of catula (“a female puppy”, “a female whelp”).
Noun
catella f (genitive catellae); first declension
- a young female dog, a female puppy, a female whelp
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
From catēna + -la (a contracted form of the diminutive suffix -ula).
Noun
catēlla f (genitive catēllae); first declension
- a light or ornamental chain
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “catella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “catella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- catella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “catella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “catella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin