catus

Latin

Etymology

From the Proto-Italic *katos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tus/, [ˈkät̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tus/, [ˈkäːt̪us]

Adjective

catus (feminine cata, neuter catum); first/second-declension adjective

1. clever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking
2. cunning, crafty, sly
3. (archaic) shrill, sharp, clear-sounding

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	catus	cata	catum		catī	catae	cata
Genitive	catī	catae	catī		catōrum	catārum	catōrum
Dative	catō		catō		catīs
Accusative	catum	catam	catum		catōs	catās	cata
Ablative	catō	catā	catō		catīs
Vocative	cate	cata	catum		catī	catae	cata

• comparative catior, superlative catissimus

Derived terms

• Catius
• Catō

References

• “catus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “catus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catus 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)
• catus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor: Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
    
• “catus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray