cataegis

See also: Cataegis

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κᾰταιγίς (kataigís, “a storm descending from above”, “a hurricane”; fig. “battle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈtae̯.ɡis/, [käˈt̪äe̯ɡɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.d͡ʒis/, [käˈt̪ɛːd͡ʒis]

Noun

cataegis f (genitive cataegidis); third declension

1. whirlwind; storm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cataegis	cataegidēs
genitive	cataegidis	cataegidum
dative	cataegidī	cataegidibus
accusative	cataegidem	cataegidēs
ablative	cataegide	cataegidibus
vocative	cataegis	cataegidēs

Descendants

• Taxonomic name: Cataegis

References

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