catulaster

Latin

Alternative forms

• catlaster

Etymology

From catul(us) (“whelp”) +‎ -aster (“expressing incomplete resemblance”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.tuˈlas.ter/, [kät̪ʊˈɫ̪äs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.tuˈlas.ter/, [kät̪uˈläst̪er]

Noun

catulaster m (genitive catulastrī); second declension

1. boy, lad, stripling
2. young man

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	catulaster	catulastrī
genitive	catulastrī	catulastrōrum
dative	catulastrō	catulastrīs
accusative	catulastrum	catulastrōs
ablative	catulastrō	catulastrīs
vocative	catulaster	catulastrī

References

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