catinus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *katīnos, probably ultimately a substrate loanword or from Proto-Indo-European *ket-. Compare Serbo-Croatian kòtac (“cattle-shed, weir”), Old English heaðor (“enclosure, jail”), Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “a cup, a pint”), Albanian thes (“bag, sack”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈtiː.nus/, [käˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈti.nus/, [käˈt̪iːnus]
Noun
catīnus m (genitive catīnī); second declension
- a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food; a large bowl, dish, or plate
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | catīnus | catīnī |
| Genitive | catīnī | catīnōrum |
| Dative | catīnō | catīnīs |
| Accusative | catīnum | catīnōs |
| Ablative | catīnō | catīnīs |
| Vocative | catīne | catīnī |
Derived terms
- catillus
Related terms
- cattia (Medieval)
Descendants
- Aromanian: cãtsãn
- French: catin
- Italian: catino
- Portuguese: cadinho
- Romanian: cățân
- Spanish: catino
- Venetian: cadìn, caìn
- → Cimbrian: kaiin
References
- “catinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “catinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- catinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- catinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “catinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “catinus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin