catinus

catinus

Latin

Etymology

    Possibly borrowed from a substrate language, or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ket-. Compare Serbo-Croatian kòtac (cattle-shed, weir), Old English heaþor (enclosure, jail), Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, a cup, a pint), Albanian thes (bag, sack).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    catīnus m (genitive catīnī); second declension

    1. a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food; a large bowl, dish, or plate

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative catīnus catīnī
    genitive catīnī catīnōrum
    dative catīnō catīnīs
    accusative catīnum catīnōs
    ablative catīnō catīnīs
    vocative catīne catīnī

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Aromanian: cãtsãn
    • French: catin
    • Italian: catino
    • Portuguese: cadinho
    • Romanian: cățân
    • >? Sicilian: catu
    • Spanish: catino
    • Venetan: cadìn, caìn

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “catīnus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98

    Further reading

    • 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, 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