"catellus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [kaˈtɛl.lʊs] [Classical-Latin], [kaˈtɛl.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) + -lus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|la|catulus|-lus|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=whelp, puppy, young dog}} catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) + -lus (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|catellus<2>}} catellus m (genitive catellī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|catellus<2>}} Forms: catellī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], catellus [nominative, singular], catellī [nominative, plural], catellī [genitive, singular], catellōrum [genitive, plural], catellō [dative, singular], catellīs [dative, plural], catellum [accusative, singular], catellōs [accusative, plural], catellō [ablative, singular], catellīs [ablative, plural], catelle [singular, vocative], catellī [plural, vocative]
  1. puppy, whelp Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: catella

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "cãtsãl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "cãtsãlu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "cãtsel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "cadiellu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "cadell"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "chiot"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "chiau"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "chael"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "chiot"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "chiau"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "cael"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "calèye"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Northern French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "caelee"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cadelo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "catello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "cadèl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "cadèu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cadelo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "cățel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "catteddu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "calleddu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cadillo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Andalusian Arabic",
      "lang_code": "xaa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "qalaṭī",
      "word": "قَلَطِي"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Andalusian Arabic",
      "lang_code": "xaa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kalaṭī",
      "word": "كَلَطِي"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "catulus",
        "3": "-lus",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "whelp, puppy, young dog"
      },
      "expansion": "catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) + -lus (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catelle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catellus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "catellus m (genitive catellī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catellus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Baby animals",
          "orig": "la:Baby animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Dogs",
          "orig": "la:Dogs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "catella"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "puppy, whelp"
      ],
      "id": "en-catellus-la-noun-NY5YKTdz",
      "links": [
        [
          "puppy",
          "puppy"
        ],
        [
          "whelp",
          "whelp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈtɛl.lʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈtɛl.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "catellus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "catella"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "cãtsãl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "cãtsãlu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "cãtsel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "cadiellu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "cadell"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "chiot"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "chiau"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "chael"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "chiot"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "chiau"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "cael"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "calèye"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Northern French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "caelee"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cadelo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "catello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "cadèl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "cadèu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cadelo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "cățel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "catteddu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "calleddu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cadillo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Andalusian Arabic",
      "lang_code": "xaa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "qalaṭī",
      "word": "قَلَطِي"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Andalusian Arabic",
      "lang_code": "xaa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kalaṭī",
      "word": "كَلَطِي"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "catulus",
        "3": "-lus",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "whelp, puppy, young dog"
      },
      "expansion": "catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) + -lus (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From catulus (“whelp, puppy, young dog”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catelle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catellus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "catellus m (genitive catellī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catellus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Baby animals",
        "la:Dogs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "puppy, whelp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "puppy",
          "puppy"
        ],
        [
          "whelp",
          "whelp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈtɛl.lʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈtɛl.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "catellus"
}

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