catella

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈtel.la/, [käˈt̪ɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtel.la/, [käˈt̪ɛlːä]

Etymology 1

A feminisation of catellus (“a little dog”, “a puppy or whelp”) or an alteration of catula (“a female whelp”, “a young bitch”).

Noun

catella f (genitive catellae); first declension

1. a little bitch, bitch puppy, female whelp

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catella	catellae
Genitive	catellae	catellārum
Dative	catellae	catellīs
Accusative	catellam	catellās
Ablative	catellā	catellīs
Vocative	catella	catellae

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãtsauã, cãtsau
• Catalan: cadella
• Asturian: cadiella
• Galician: cadela
• Occitan: cadèla
• Portuguese: cadela
• Romanian: cățea

Etymology 2

From catēna +‎ -la (a contracted form of the diminutive suffix -ula).

Alternative forms

• catēllus, catēnula

Noun

catēlla f (genitive catēllae); first declension

1. a light or ornamental chain

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catēlla	catēllae
Genitive	catēllae	catēllārum
Dative	catēllae	catēllīs
Accusative	catēllam	catēllās
Ablative	catēllā	catēllīs
Vocative	catēlla	catēllae

References

• “catella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “catella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “catella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “catella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin