catta
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
From English cat, French chatte, Spanish gata, Portuguese gata, and Italian gatta, all of which derive from Late Latin catta, which is believed to have been derived from an Afroasiatic language.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catta (plural cattas)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
The feminine counterpart to cattus; see there for further information.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkat.ta/, [ˈkät̪ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkat.ta/, [ˈkät̪ːä]
Noun edit
catta f (genitive cattae); first declension
- a female cat
- Baruch 6:21 (Vulgate):
- supra corpus eorum et supra caput volant noctuae et hirundines et aves etiam similiter et cattae
- owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and upon their heads, and cats [sit on them] in like manner
- supra corpus eorum et supra caput volant noctuae et hirundines et aves etiam similiter et cattae
- Baruch 6:21 (Vulgate):
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | catta | cattae |
Genitive | cattae | cattārum |
Dative | cattae | cattīs |
Accusative | cattam | cattās |
Ablative | cattā | cattīs |
Vocative | catta | cattae |
Related terms edit
- cattus m
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “catta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- catta 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)
- catta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- catta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old Saxon edit
Noun edit
catta f
- Alternative spelling of katta