"cattus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkat.tus/ [Classical], [ˈkät̪ːʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈkat.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkät̪ːus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown; possibly a Wanderwort, compare Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”), or perhaps borrowed from a Nilo-Saharan or Afroasiatic language, compare Nubian kadī (“cat”), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”), Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{cog|urj-pro|*käďwä|t=female (of a fur animal)}} Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”), {{der|la|ssa}} Nilo-Saharan, {{der|la|afa}} Afroasiatic, {{cog|nub|-}} Nubian, {{m|und|kadī|t=cat}} kadī (“cat”), {{cog|ar|قِطّ|id=cat|t=cat, tomcat}} Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”), {{cog|syc|ܩܛܘ|t=cat|tr=qaṭṭu}} Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cattus<2>}} cattus m (genitive cattī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cattus<2>}} Forms: cattī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cattus [nominative, singular], cattī [nominative, plural], cattī [genitive, singular], cattōrum [genitive, plural], cattō [dative, singular], cattīs [dative, plural], cattum [accusative, singular], cattōs [accusative, plural], cattō [ablative, singular], cattīs [ablative, plural], catte [singular, vocative], cattī [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a cat Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange#Works, Elmar Seebold, Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Tags: Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: fēlēs, mūsiō, mūriceps, mūrilegus, pilāx, mūscipula, catus, gatus Related terms: catta [feminine]

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "cuot",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "cuot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "cuot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "ghjattu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: ghjattu, gattu, ghiattu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: ghjattu, gattu, ghiattu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gatto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: gatto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gatto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "gattu",
            "3": "jattu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: gattu, jattu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: gattu, jattu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "gjat"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: gjat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: gjat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "giat"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: giat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: giat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "ciat"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: ciat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: ciat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "giat",
            "3": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: giat, gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: giat, gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-brg",
            "2": "chait"
          },
          "expansion": "Bourguignon: chait",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bourguignon: chait"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "French: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cat",
            "3": "chat",
            "4": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cat, chat, gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cat, chat, gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "gatu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: gatu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: gatu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: gato\nAnnobonese: gatu\nKabuverdianu: gátu\n→? Gulf Arabic: قطو (gaṭu)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: gato\nAnnobonese: gatu\nKabuverdianu: gátu\n→? Gulf Arabic: قطو (gaṭu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "gattu",
            "3": "battu",
            "4": "cattu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: gattu, battu, cattu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: gattu, battu, cattu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc-koi",
            "2": "κάττος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Koine Greek: κάττος (káttos)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάττα"
          },
          "expansion": "κάττα (kátta)",
          "name": "m"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Koine Greek: κάττος (káttos), masculine of κάττα (kátta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάττος"
          },
          "expansion": "κάττος (káttos)",
          "name": "m"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάτος"
          },
          "expansion": "κάτος (kátos)",
          "name": "m"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "γάτος"
          },
          "expansion": "γάτος (gátos)",
          "name": "m"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mediaeval Greek κάττος (káttos) / κάτος (kátos) / γάτος (gátos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "γάτος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: γάτος (gátos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Modern Greek: γάτος (gátos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "كدی",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kedi"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كدی (kedi)\nTurkish: kedi",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كدی (kedi)\nTurkish: kedi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "katu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: katu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: katu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "qattus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maltese: qattus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maltese: qattus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*kattos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Celtic: *kattos",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Celtic: *kattos (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*kattuz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Germanic: *kattuz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uncertain"
          },
          "expansion": "(uncertain)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Germanic: *kattuz (uncertain) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*kotъ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Slavic: *kotъ",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Slavic: *kotъ (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Catus",
            "alt": "Catus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Catus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "obsolete"
          },
          "expansion": "(obsolete)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Catus (obsolete)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-pro",
        "2": "*käďwä",
        "t": "female (of a fur animal)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ssa"
      },
      "expansion": "Nilo-Saharan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "afa"
      },
      "expansion": "Afroasiatic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nub",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Nubian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "und",
        "2": "kadī",
        "t": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "kadī (“cat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "قِطّ",
        "id": "cat",
        "t": "cat, tomcat"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܩܛܘ",
        "t": "cat",
        "tr": "qaṭṭu"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown; possibly a Wanderwort, compare Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”), or perhaps borrowed from a Nilo-Saharan or Afroasiatic language, compare Nubian kadī (“cat”), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”), Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cattus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "cattus m (genitive cattī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cattus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with tab characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Undetermined language links",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Cats",
          "orig": "la:Cats",
          "parents": [
            "Felids",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 4th-5th century, Servius, In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii 5.610.1",
          "text": "Nulli visa ad ipsum retulit numen: nam arcus semper videtur: quem non Irim, sed viam Iridis dixit. alii celeritatis esse volunt 'nulli visa'. notandum sane etiam de Iride arcum genere masculino dicere Vergilium: Catullus et alii genere feminino ponunt, referentes ad originem, sicut 'haec cattus' et 'haec gallus' legimus."
        },
        {
          "english": "They assert that the more a miscreant you are, the sooner God showers grace upon you: if, however, you should adorn yourself, like a cat, with good works, so that God accepts you, you shall bring about nothing.",
          "ref": "1558, Martin Luther, Theologiae Martini Lutheri Trimembris Epitome, De Tertio Statu Hominis",
          "text": "Affirmant quod quanto sceleratior es, tanto citius Deus gratiam infundit: si autem adornes te, ut cattus bonis operibus, ut te Deus acceptet, nihil efficias.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "… she took the ox and the cat, and led both to the market. Anytime someone came who wanted to buy the ox, she responded: None shall have an ox, unless besides he also buys a cat. Any time someone said he did not want to buy a cat, he left. And immediately another came and asked what price for each. She said she wanted to sell a cat for one silver mark, but an ox for a denarius, and so they came to an agreement.",
          "ref": "1656, Guillaume Pepin, Conciones Mysticae et Morales in Septem Psalmos Poenitentiales, page 38",
          "text": "[...] illa accepit bovem & cattum, et utrumque duxit ad forum. Cumque quiddam venisset qui bovem emere veller. Illa respondit. Nullus habebit bovem, nisi etiam emat & cattum. Cumque ille dixisset non velle emere cattum, abiit. Et statim venit alius & interrogat quanti pretii utrumque foret. Illa dixit se velle vendere cattum pro una marcha argentari, sed bovem pro denario, & sic convenerunt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cat"
      ],
      "id": "en-cattus-la-noun-UeRnQVYH",
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a cat"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "catta"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fēlēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "mūsiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "mūriceps"
        },
        {
          "word": "mūrilegus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pilāx"
        },
        {
          "word": "mūscipula"
        },
        {
          "word": "catus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gatus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers",
        "Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange#Works",
        "Elmar Seebold",
        "Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
        "de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkat.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkät̪ːʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkat.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkät̪ːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cattus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "cuot",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "cuot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "cuot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "ghjattu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: ghjattu, gattu, ghiattu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: ghjattu, gattu, ghiattu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gatto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: gatto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gatto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "gattu",
            "3": "jattu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: gattu, jattu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: gattu, jattu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "gjat"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: gjat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: gjat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "giat"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: giat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: giat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "ciat"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: ciat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: ciat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "giat",
            "3": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: giat, gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: giat, gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-brg",
            "2": "chait"
          },
          "expansion": "Bourguignon: chait",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bourguignon: chait"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "chat"
          },
          "expansion": "French: chat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: chat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cat",
            "3": "chat",
            "4": "gat"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cat, chat, gat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cat, chat, gat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "gatu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: gatu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: gatu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: gato\nAnnobonese: gatu\nKabuverdianu: gátu\n→? Gulf Arabic: قطو (gaṭu)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: gato\nAnnobonese: gatu\nKabuverdianu: gátu\n→? Gulf Arabic: قطو (gaṭu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gato"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: gato",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: gato"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "gattu",
            "3": "battu",
            "4": "cattu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: gattu, battu, cattu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: gattu, battu, cattu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc-koi",
            "2": "κάττος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Koine Greek: κάττος (káttos)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάττα"
          },
          "expansion": "κάττα (kátta)",
          "name": "m"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Koine Greek: κάττος (káttos), masculine of κάττα (kátta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάττος"
          },
          "expansion": "κάττος (káttos)",
          "name": "m"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "κάτος"
          },
          "expansion": "κάτος (kátos)",
          "name": "m"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "γάτος"
          },
          "expansion": "γάτος (gátos)",
          "name": "m"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mediaeval Greek κάττος (káttos) / κάτος (kátos) / γάτος (gátos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "γάτος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: γάτος (gátos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Modern Greek: γάτος (gátos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "كدی",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kedi"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كدی (kedi)\nTurkish: kedi",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كدی (kedi)\nTurkish: kedi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "katu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: katu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: katu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "qattus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maltese: qattus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maltese: qattus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*kattos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Celtic: *kattos",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Celtic: *kattos (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*kattuz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Germanic: *kattuz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uncertain"
          },
          "expansion": "(uncertain)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Germanic: *kattuz (uncertain) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*kotъ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Slavic: *kotъ",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Slavic: *kotъ (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Catus",
            "alt": "Catus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Catus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "obsolete"
          },
          "expansion": "(obsolete)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Catus (obsolete)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-pro",
        "2": "*käďwä",
        "t": "female (of a fur animal)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ssa"
      },
      "expansion": "Nilo-Saharan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "afa"
      },
      "expansion": "Afroasiatic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nub",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Nubian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "und",
        "2": "kadī",
        "t": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "kadī (“cat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "قِطّ",
        "id": "cat",
        "t": "cat, tomcat"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܩܛܘ",
        "t": "cat",
        "tr": "qaṭṭu"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown; possibly a Wanderwort, compare Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”), or perhaps borrowed from a Nilo-Saharan or Afroasiatic language, compare Nubian kadī (“cat”), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”), Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cattus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "cattus m (genitive cattī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cattus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catta"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin 2-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 derived from Afroasiatic languages",
        "Latin terms derived from Nilo-Saharan languages",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Medieval Latin",
        "Pages with tab characters",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations",
        "Translingual links with redundant target parameters",
        "Undetermined language links",
        "la:Cats"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 4th-5th century, Servius, In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii 5.610.1",
          "text": "Nulli visa ad ipsum retulit numen: nam arcus semper videtur: quem non Irim, sed viam Iridis dixit. alii celeritatis esse volunt 'nulli visa'. notandum sane etiam de Iride arcum genere masculino dicere Vergilium: Catullus et alii genere feminino ponunt, referentes ad originem, sicut 'haec cattus' et 'haec gallus' legimus."
        },
        {
          "english": "They assert that the more a miscreant you are, the sooner God showers grace upon you: if, however, you should adorn yourself, like a cat, with good works, so that God accepts you, you shall bring about nothing.",
          "ref": "1558, Martin Luther, Theologiae Martini Lutheri Trimembris Epitome, De Tertio Statu Hominis",
          "text": "Affirmant quod quanto sceleratior es, tanto citius Deus gratiam infundit: si autem adornes te, ut cattus bonis operibus, ut te Deus acceptet, nihil efficias.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "… she took the ox and the cat, and led both to the market. Anytime someone came who wanted to buy the ox, she responded: None shall have an ox, unless besides he also buys a cat. Any time someone said he did not want to buy a cat, he left. And immediately another came and asked what price for each. She said she wanted to sell a cat for one silver mark, but an ox for a denarius, and so they came to an agreement.",
          "ref": "1656, Guillaume Pepin, Conciones Mysticae et Morales in Septem Psalmos Poenitentiales, page 38",
          "text": "[...] illa accepit bovem & cattum, et utrumque duxit ad forum. Cumque quiddam venisset qui bovem emere veller. Illa respondit. Nullus habebit bovem, nisi etiam emat & cattum. Cumque ille dixisset non velle emere cattum, abiit. Et statim venit alius & interrogat quanti pretii utrumque foret. Illa dixit se velle vendere cattum pro una marcha argentari, sed bovem pro denario, & sic convenerunt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a cat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers",
        "Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange#Works",
        "Elmar Seebold",
        "Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
        "de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkat.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkät̪ːʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkat.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkät̪ːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fēlēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "mūsiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "mūriceps"
    },
    {
      "word": "mūrilegus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pilāx"
    },
    {
      "word": "mūscipula"
    },
    {
      "word": "catus"
    },
    {
      "word": "gatus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cattus"
}

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