"catena" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [kaˈteː.na] [Classical-Latin], [kaˈtɛː.na] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *katesnā, further etymology unknown. Probably connected with caterva (“crowd”) and cassis (“hunting-net”). Pokorny derives catēna, caterva, and cassis from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”), with casa as another possible cognate. Martirosyan connects cassis and catēna with Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ, “casting-net”) and derives all from a Mediterranean substrate. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*katesnā<id:chain>|id=chain}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "catena", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="chain" data-lang="la" data-title="catena" id="Latin:_chain">, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*katesnā}} Proto-Italic *katesnā, {{der|la|ine-pro|*kat-||to link or weave together; chain, net}} Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”), {{cog|xcl|ցանց||casting-net}} Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ, “casting-net”), {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate Head templates: {{la-noun|catēna<1>}} catēna f (genitive catēnae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|catēna<1>}} Forms: catēna [canonical, feminine], catēnae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], catēna [nominative, singular], catēnae [nominative, plural], catēnae [genitive, singular], catēnārum [genitive, plural], catēnae [dative, singular], catēnīs [dative, plural], catēnam [accusative, singular], catēnās [accusative, plural], catēnā [ablative, singular], catēnīs [ablative, plural], catēna [singular, vocative], catēnae [plural, vocative]
  1. chain Tags: declension-1 Derived forms: catēlla, catēnārius, catēnātus, catēnō, catēnōsus, catēnula
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      "form": "catēna",
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        "canonical",
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          "catena#Latin"
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        "singular"
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          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
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        "plural"
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        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "catēnārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnārum",
          "catenarum#Latin"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "catēnae",
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        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "catēnīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnīs",
          "catenis#Latin"
        ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "catēnam",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnam",
          "catenam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "catēnās",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnās",
          "catenas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnā",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnā",
          "catena#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "catēnīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnīs",
          "catenis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "catēna",
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        [
          "catēna",
          "catena#Latin"
        ]
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "catēnae",
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        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
        ]
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
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    {
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        "1": "catēna<1>"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "word": "catēlla"
        },
        {
          "word": "catēnārius"
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        {
          "word": "catēnātus"
        },
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          "word": "catēnō"
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        {
          "word": "catēnōsus"
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        {
          "word": "catēnula"
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    }
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}
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    },
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      "word": "catēnō"
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      "word": "catēnōsus"
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      "word": "catēnula"
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          "lang": "Friulian",
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              "descendants": [
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                  "lang": "Scots",
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                  "lang": "Scots",
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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      "descendants": [
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        {
          "descendants": [
            {
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                {
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                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
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            }
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            {
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                },
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                },
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "lang": "Vivaro-Alpine",
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              ],
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            }
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    },
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        },
        {
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            },
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          ],
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        },
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          ],
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          ],
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          ],
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                {
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                }
              ],
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            }
          ],
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          ],
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            "borrowed"
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  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*katesnā<id:chain>",
        "id": "chain"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"catena\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-id=\"chain\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"catena\" id=\"Latin:_chain\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*katesnā"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kat-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to link or weave together; chain, net"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ցանց",
        "3": "",
        "4": "casting-net"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ, “casting-net”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *katesnā, further etymology unknown. Probably connected with caterva (“crowd”) and cassis (“hunting-net”).\nPokorny derives catēna, caterva, and cassis from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”), with casa as another possible cognate.\nMartirosyan connects cassis and catēna with Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ, “casting-net”) and derives all from a Mediterranean substrate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catēna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēna",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēna",
          "catena#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnārum",
          "catenarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnīs",
          "catenis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnam",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnam",
          "catenam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnās",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnās",
          "catenas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnā",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnā",
          "catena#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnīs",
          "catenis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēna",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēna",
          "catena#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catēnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "catēnae",
          "catenae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catēna<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "catēna f (genitive catēnae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catēna<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈteː.na]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈtɛː.na]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "catena"
}

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