Catilina
Italian
Raffigurazione di Catilina – Depiction of Catiline
Etymology
From Latin Catilīna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tiˈli.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: Ca‧ti‧lì‧na
Proper noun
Catilina m
- Catiline (Lucius Sergius Catilina)
Related terms
- catilinaria
- catilinario
Further reading
Lucio Sergio Catilina on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
- alicanti, calatini, lanciati, linciata
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) IPA(key): /ka.tiˈliː.na/, [kät̪ɪˈlʲiːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.tiˈli.na/, [kät̪iˈliːnä]
Proper noun
Catilīna m sg (genitive Catilīnae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Catiline
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Catilīna |
| Genitive | Catilīnae |
| Dative | Catilīnae |
| Accusative | Catilīnam |
| Ablative | Catilīnā |
| Vocative | Catilīna |
Derived terms
- catilīnārius
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 (2001–2023), “catiline”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.