catonium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάτω (kátō, “below; in the underworld”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

Noun

catōnium n (genitive catōniī or catōnī); second declension

  1. the underworld

Usage notes

The word occurs in Cicero as a play on the name Cato.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative catōnium catōnia
genitive catōniī
catōnī1 		catōniōrum
dative catōniō catōniīs
accusative catōnium catōnia
ablative catōniō catōniīs
vocative catōnium catōnia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “catonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “catonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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