catta

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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From English cat, French chatte, Spanish gata, Portuguese gata, and Italian gatta, all of which derive from Late Latin catta, which is believed to have been derived from an Afroasiatic language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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catta (plural cattas)

  1. she-cat, female cat
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Latin

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Etymology

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The feminine counterpart to cattus; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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catta f (genitive cattae); first declension

  1. a female cat
    • Baruch 6:21 (Vulgate):
      supra corpus eorum et supra caput volant noctuae et hirundines et aves etiam similiter et cattae
      owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and upon their heads, and cats [sit on them] in like manner

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative catta cattae
Genitive cattae cattārum
Dative cattae cattīs
Accusative cattam cattās
Ablative cattā cattīs
Vocative catta cattae
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Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Proto-Romanian *cată
      • Aromanian: cãtushi
      • Romanian: cătușă
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
    • ? Byzantine Greek: κάττα (kátta)
    • Old Norse: ketta (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *kattā (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *kattā (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • catta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • catta 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)
  • catta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • catta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Saxon

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Noun

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catta f

  1. Alternative spelling of katta