catellus

Latin

Etymology

From catulus.

Noun

catellus m (genitive catellī); second declension

1. puppy, whelp

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catellus	catellī
Genitive	catellī	catellōrum
Dative	catellō	catellīs
Accusative	catellum	catellōs
Ablative	catellō	catellīs
Vocative	catelle	catellī

Derived terms

• catella

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãtsãl
• Asturian: cadiellu
• Catalan: cadell
• French: chiot
• Galician: cadelo
• Italian: catello

• Occitan: cadèl, cadèu
• Portuguese: cadelo
• Romanian: cățel
• Sardinian: catteddu, calleddu
• Spanish: cadillo

References

• “catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catellus 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)
• catellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.