catasta
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
catasta (plural catastae)
- (historical) A platform for exhibiting slaves for sale.
- (historical) A stage or place for torture.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin catasta, from Ancient Greek κατάστασις (katástasis, “establishment, institution, method, condition”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catasta f (plural cataste)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κατάστασις (katástasis, “establishment, institution, method, condition”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈtas.ta/, [käˈt̪äs̠t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈtas.ta/, [käˈt̪äst̪ä]
Noun edit
catasta f (genitive catastae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | catasta | catastae |
| Genitive | catastae | catastārum |
| Dative | catastae | catastīs |
| Accusative | catastam | catastās |
| Ablative | catastā | catastīs |
| Vocative | catasta | catastae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “catasta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “catasta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- catasta 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)
- “catasta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “catasta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin