catonium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάτω (kátō, “below; in the underworld”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈtoː.ni.um/, [käˈt̪oːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.ni.um/, [käˈt̪ɔːnium]

Noun

catōnium n (genitive catōniī or catōnī); second declension

1. the underworld

Usage notes

The word occurs in Cicero as a play on the name Cato.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	catōnium	catōnia
genitive	catōniī catōnī1	catōniōrum
dative	catōniō	catōniīs
accusative	catōnium	catōnia
ablative	catōniō	catōniīs
vocative	catōnium	catōnia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “catonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “catonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers