Catius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From catus (“clear-sighted”, “intelligent”, “sagacious”, “wise”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.ti.us/, [ˈkät̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkat.t͡si.us/, [ˈkät̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
[edit]Catius m sg (genitive Catiī or Catī); second declension
- a Roman deity, the protector of boys, whom he made intelligent
- a nomen — famously held by, amongst others:
- Quintus Catius, plebeian aedile in 210 BC and legate of the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War
- an Epicurean philosopher (fl. mid-1st C. BC) and author of the works De Rerum Natura, De Summo Bono, etc.
- Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (AD 26–101), Roman consul and orator, author of the epic poem Punica
- Publius Catius Sabinus (fl. AD 3rd C.), consul in AD 216
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Catius |
| genitive | Catiī Catī1 |
| dative | Catiō |
| accusative | Catium |
| ablative | Catiō |
| vocative | Catī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “Cătĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 Cătĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “276/1”
- 2 Cătĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “276/1”
- “Catius” on page 286/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
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Catia (gens) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Quintus Catius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Catius (Epicurean philosopher) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Publius Catius Sabinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Publius Catius Sabinus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
