Catilina
Italian
Alternative forms
- Catellino (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tiˈli.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: Ca‧ti‧lì‧na
Proper noun
Catilina m
- Catiline (Lucius Sergius Catilina)
Related terms
Further reading
- Lucio Sergio Catilina on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Derived from catus (“clever, cunning, sly”) as a diminutive,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.tɪˈliː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.t̪iˈliː.na]
Proper noun
Catilīna m sg (genitive Catilīnae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Catilīna |
| genitive | Catilīnae |
| dative | Catilīnae |
| accusative | Catilīnam |
| ablative | Catilīnā |
| vocative | Catilīna |
Derived terms
References
- “Catilina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Catilina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “catiline”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.