Catullus

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈtʌləs/
• Hyphenation: Ca‧tul‧lus

Proper noun

Catullus

1. Gaius Valerius Catullus, Roman poet

Translations

poet

• Italian: Catullo (it) m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈtul.lus/, [käˈt̪ʊlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtul.lus/, [käˈt̪ulːus]

Proper noun

Catullus m (genitive Catullī); second declension

1. a cognomen
2. a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Catullus	Catullī
genitive	Catullī	Catullōrum
dative	Catullō	Catullīs
accusative	Catullum	Catullōs
ablative	Catullō	Catullīs
vocative	Catulle	Catullī

Derived terms

• Catulliānus

References

• “Catullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Catullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.