Latin edit

Etymology edit

From catulus (whelp, puppy, young dog) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

catellus m (genitive catellī); second declension

  1. puppy, whelp

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative catellus catellī
Genitive catellī catellōrum
Dative catellō catellīs
Accusative catellum catellōs
Ablative catellō catellīs
Vocative catelle catellī

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • catellus 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)
  • catellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.