catella

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈtel.la/, [kaˈtɛl.la]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

catella f (genitive catellae); first declension

  1. a little bitch, bitch puppy, female whelp
Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative catella catellae
genitive catellae catellārum
dative catellae catellīs
accusative catellam catellās
ablative catellā catellīs
vocative catella catellae

Etymology 2

A contraction of catēnula, a diminutive formed catēna +‎ -ula.

Alternative forms

Noun

catella f (genitive catellae); first declension

  1. a light or ornamental chain
Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative catella catellae
genitive catellae catellārum
dative catellae catellīs
accusative catellam catellās
ablative catellā catellīs
vocative catella catellae

Descendants

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
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