catus
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);
nom. sg. - Entry →catus, cata, catum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
knowing, clever, shrewd, wise, prudent, circumspect; shrill/clear (sound);
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi tecum cavendum est, nimis qui es orator catus. CALL. Sine me dum istuc iudicare. surge, ego isti..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...audies. nescioquis senex modo venit, ellum, confidens catus: quom faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis preti: tristi' severitas inest..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Marte latus; cuius dum pugnat ab alta 585puppe Catus Graiumque audax aplustre retentat,terga simul pariter missis..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...scriptum esse in logistorico M. Varronis, qui inscribitur Catus, idem Lavinius in eodem libro admonet. V. Sed quod..." - A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...Varro in logistorico scripsit, qui inscriptus est Catus aut de liberis educandis. XX Notati a censoribus, qui audientibus..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...avaritia e[ius] in bellum egerat, trepidus procurator Catus in Galliam transiit. At Suetonius mira constantia medios inter..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...senatorem statuitur, tamquam falsis maiestatis criminibus sororem petivisset. Catus, ut rettuli, Libonem inlexerat insidiis, deinde indicio perculerat. eius..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quae per tot annos rem publicam exedere. Firmius Catus senator, ex intima Libonis amicitia, invenem inprovidum et facilem..."
