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κάττα

katta

cat

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Where it lives

Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k

What it meant

1. κάττα · katta — Beekes

κάττα word for ‘cat’, which replaced αἴλουρος (Ar. Pl. 693). «Ὁ» eVAR κάττος (sch. Call., H. Dem. 1104, p. 79 Pf.). *ETYM Origin unknown, but the word is found in Latin and most other languages of Europe. — [Beekes, s.v. κάττα, p. 704]

2. κάττα · katta — Chantraine

κάττα : sch. Ar, PI 693 et κάττος (sch. Call, H. Dem 110 ἃ, p. 79 Pf., ete.) nom tardif du «chat» qui s'est substitué à αἴλουρος. L'origine du nom est inconnue, mais il se retrouve en latin et dans d’autres langues d'Europe, v. Ernout-Meillet s.u. — [Chantraine, s.v. κάττα, p. 519]

3. κάττα · katta — LSJ

cat

cat, late word for αἴλουρος, Sch. Ar. Pl. 693:—also κάττος, ὁ, Sch. Call. Cer. 111.

4. καττά · katta — LSJ

In the wild

καττῶν · kattōn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1257 (DIORISIS sentence 971)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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