cattus
Unknown; possibly a Wanderwort,[1] compare Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”),[2] or perhaps borrowed from a Nilo-Saharan or Afroasiatic language,[3] compare Nubian kadī (“cat”), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”), Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”).
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkat.tus/, [ˈkät̪ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkat.tus/, [ˈkät̪ːus]
cattus m (genitive cattī); second declension[4][5][6]
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) a cat [ quotations ▼]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cattus | cattī |
| Genitive | cattī | cattōrum |
| Dative | cattō | cattīs |
| Accusative | cattum | cattōs |
| Ablative | cattō | cattīs |
| Vocative | catte | cattī |
- catta f