catis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →catus, cati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Agriculture
- Geography:
- Britain
cat; wild cat; kind of trout; siege engine; male cat (L+S);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →catus, cata, catum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
knowing, clever, shrewd, wise, prudent, circumspect; shrill/clear (sound);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...strenui nimio plus prosunt populo quam arguti et cati: facile sibi facunditatem virtus argutam invenit, sine virtute argutum..."Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...eris nactus, proinde ut corde amantes sunt cati— ne scintillam quidem relinques, genus qui congliscat tuom. LESB. Facilest..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...illis, quae nisi divitibus nequeunt contingere mensis?' 'docte Cati, per amicitiam divosque rogatus ducere me auditum, perges quocumque..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...ponere imagines municipum tuorum Corneli Nepotis et Titi Cati petitque, si sunt istic, ut esse credibile est, exscribendas..."
