catella

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈtɛl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈtɛl.la]

Etymology 1

A feminisation of catellus (“a little dog”, “a puppy”, “a whelp”) or an alteration of catula (“a female puppy”, “a female whelp”).

Noun

catella f (genitive catellae); first declension

1. a young female dog, a female puppy, a female whelp

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	catella	catellae
genitive	catellae	catellārum
dative	catellae	catellīs
accusative	catellam	catellās
ablative	catellā	catellīs
vocative	catella	catellae

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãtsauã, cãtsau
• Asturian: cadiella
• Catalan: cadella
• Galician: cadela
• Italian: catella
• Occitan: cadèla
• Portuguese: cadela
• Romanian: cățea

Etymology 2

From catēna +‎ -la (a contracted form of the diminutive suffix -ula).

Alternative forms

• catēllus, catēnula

Noun

catēlla f (genitive catēllae); first declension

1. a light or ornamental chain

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	catēlla	catēllae
genitive	catēllae	catēllārum
dative	catēllae	catēllīs
accusative	catēllam	catēllās
ablative	catēllā	catēllīs
vocative	catēlla	catēllae

References

• “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