catella
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Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈtel.la/, [käˈt̪ɛlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈtel.la/, [käˈt̪ɛlːä]
Etymology 1
[edit]A feminisation of catellus (“a little dog”, “a puppy or whelp”) or an alteration of catula (“a female whelp”, “a young bitch”).
Noun
[edit]catella f (genitive catellae); first declension
- a little bitch, bitch puppy, female whelp
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | catella | catellae |
Genitive | catellae | catellārum |
Dative | catellae | catellīs |
Accusative | catellam | catellās |
Ablative | catellā | catellīs |
Vocative | catella | catellae |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From catēna + -la (a contracted form of the diminutive suffix -ula).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]catēlla f (genitive catēllae); first declension
- a light or ornamental chain
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | catēlla | catēllae |
Genitive | catēllae | catēllārum |
Dative | catēllae | catēllīs |
Accusative | catēllam | catēllās |
Ablative | catēllā | catēllīs |
Vocative | catēlla | catēllae |
References
[edit]- “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