Cato
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.təʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.toʊ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin Cato. A cognomen made particularly famous by Cato the Elder and Younger, members of the gens Porcia.
Proper noun edit
Cato
- (rare) A male given name from Latin
- A town and village in New York.
- A town in Wisconsin.
Etymology 2 edit
From French Catherine. Used as a matronymic.
Proper noun edit
Cato
- A surname from French.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *katō, related to catus (“intelligent”) with individualizing suffix -on- (< PIE *-e/on-, the "Στράβων" suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.toː/, [ˈkät̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.to/, [ˈkäːt̪o]
- Homophone: cato
Proper noun edit
Catō m sg (genitive Catōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Catō |
| Genitive | Catōnis |
| Dative | Catōnī |
| Accusative | Catōnem |
| Ablative | Catōne |
| Vocative | Catō |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Căto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor: Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
- (ambiguous) Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor: Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
- “Cato”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Căto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 276/1.
- “Catō” on page 286/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Cato
- a male given name popular in the 1970s and 1980s