catellus

Latin

Etymology

From catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

catellus m (genitive catellī); second declension

  1. puppy, whelp

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative catellus catellī
Genitive catellī catellōrum
Dative catellō catellīs
Accusative catellum catellōs
Ablative catellō catellīs
Vocative catelle catellī

Derived terms

Descendants
Descendants
  • Aromanian: cãtsãl, cãtsãlu, cãtsel
  • Asturian: cadiellu
  • Catalan: cadell
  • Old French: chael, cael
    • Middle French: chiau
  • ⇒ Old Northern French: caelee
    • Norman: calèye
  • Galician: cadelo
  • Italian: catello
  • Occitan: cadèl, cadèu
  • Portuguese: cadelo
  • Romanian: cățel
  • Sardinian: catteddu, calleddu
  • Spanish: cadillo
  • → Andalusian Arabic: قَلَطِي (qalaṭī), كَلَطِي (kalaṭī)

References
  • “catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “catellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • catellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • catellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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