catillus

Latin

Etymology

From catīnus (“food-vessel”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtiːl.lus/, [käˈt̪iːlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtil.lus/, [käˈt̪ilːus]

Noun

catīllus m (genitive catīllī); second declension

1. small bowl, dish, or plate

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catīllus	catīllī
Genitive	catīllī	catīllōrum
Dative	catīllō	catīllīs
Accusative	catīllum	catīllōs
Ablative	catīllō	catīllīs
Vocative	catīlle	catīllī

Derived terms

• catīllō

Descendants

• → Basque: katilu
• → Proto-Germanic: *katilaz (see there for further descendants)

References

• “catillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “catillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “catillus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “catillus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “catillus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin