caterva

Italian

Noun

caterva f (plural caterve)

1. multitude

Usage notes

• Used in the phrase una caterva di to means loads of, heaps of

Anagrams

• varcate

---

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈter.wa/, [kaˈtɛr.wa]

Noun

caterva f (genitive catervae); first declension

1. a crowd, a band
2. vocative singular of caterva

catervā f

1. ablative singular of caterva

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	caterva	catervae
genitive	catervae	catervārum
dative	catervae	catervīs
accusative	catervam	catervās
ablative	catervā	catervīs
vocative	caterva	catervae

References

• caterva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caterva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “caterva”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “caterva” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a theatrical company: familia, grex, caterva histrionum
    
  • the Chorus in Tragedy: caterva, chorus
    

---

Spanish

Noun

caterva f (plural catervas)

1. crowd, multitude