catellus

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Latin

Etymology

From catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

catellus m (genitive catellī); second declension

  1. puppy, whelp

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative catellus catellī
genitive catellī catellōrum
dative catellō catellīs
accusative catellum catellōs
ablative catellō catellīs
vocative catelle catellī

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References

  • “catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • catellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • catellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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