catenatum

Latin

Etymology 1

Nominalization of etymology 2. Attested in Isidore of Seville and the Lex Visigothorum.[1][2]

Noun

catēnātum n (genitive catēnātī); second declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)

  1. padlock
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative catēnātum catēnāta
Genitive catēnātī catēnātōrum
Dative catēnātō catēnātīs
Accusative catēnātum catēnāta
Ablative catēnātō catēnātīs
Vocative catēnātum catēnāta
Descendants
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: cadenat
    • Old Occitan: cadenat
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Leonese: cadnato (11th c., with pre-literary spelling ⟨t⟩ for /-d-/)
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: cadẽado
    • Old Spanish: cadenado, cadnado; (various resolutions of awkward /dn/ cluster →) calnado, cannado, candado

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “candado”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 799
  2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “catena”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 502

Participle

catēnātum

  1. inflection of catēnātus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular
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