catus

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See also: Catus and cattus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the Proto-Italic *katos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Sanskrit शित (śitá-, “whetted, sharpened, slender”).

Adjective

catus (feminine cata, neuter catum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. clever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking
  2. cunning, crafty, sly
  3. (archaic) shrill, sharp, clear-sounding
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative catus cata catum catī catae cata
genitive catī catae catī catōrum catārum catōrum
dative catō catae catō catīs
accusative catum catam catum catōs catās cata
ablative catō catā catō catīs
vocative cate cata catum catī catae cata
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of cattus, possibly under the influence by folk-etymology of the above sense.

Noun

catus m (genitive catī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of cattus (“cat”)
    • 1531, Carolus Bovillus, Caroli Bovilli Samarobrini Prouerbiorum Vulgarium:
      Amici, vt canis & catus.
      Friends, like dog and cat.
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative catus catī
genitive catī catōrum
dative catō catīs
accusative catum catōs
ablative catō catīs
vocative cate catī
Derived terms

References

  • “catus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “catus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • catus 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)
  • catus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • 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
  • “catus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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