Catilina

Italian

Raffigurazione di Catilina – Depiction of Catiline

Etymology

From Latin Catilīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tiˈli.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: Ca‧ti‧lì‧na

Proper noun

Catilina m

1. Catiline (Lucius Sergius Catilina)

Related terms

• catilinaria
• catilinario

Further reading

• Lucio Sergio Catilina on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• alicanti, calatini, lanciati, linciata

Latin

Etymology

Derived from catus (“clever, cunning, sly”) as a diminutive, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.tiˈliː.na/, [kät̪ɪˈlʲiːnä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.tiˈli.na/, [kät̪iˈliːnä]

Proper noun

Catilīna m sg (genitive Catilīnae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Catiline

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Catilīna
Genitive	Catilīnae
Dative	Catilīnae
Accusative	Catilīnam
Ablative	Catilīnā
Vocative	Catilīna

Derived terms

• catilīnārius

References

• “Catilina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Catilina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.