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catasta

catasta · f

a scaffold

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Peristephanon Liber 3 · 1.71/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
Epigrammata 4 · 0.71/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 1 · 0.6/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

1. cătasta — Lewis & Short

cătasta, ae, f.kata/stasis (postAug.),

I a scaffold, stage,

I On which slaves were exposed for sale, Tib. 2, 3, 60; Pers. 6, 77 Schol.; Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 200; Suet. Gram. 13; Stat. S. 2, 1, 72.—

II For the public burning (of criminals, martyrs, etc.), Prud. stef. 1, 56; 2, 399 al.—

III For delivering a lecture, Rutil. 1, 393; Cypr. Ep. 28.

2. catasta — Walde–Hofmann

catasta, -ce f. ,Schaugerüst zur Ausstellung verkäuflicher Sklaven“, später ,eisernes Gestell als Marterbrett" (s. Mau PW. III 1785; seit Tib.): griech. Lw., etwa aus kardotaoıg „das Hinstellen* (Weise, Saalfeld) oder ev. haplologisch für *eatastata aus xaractarh (sc. oxnvij „aufgestellte Bühne*?); doch kann auch ein anderes, nicht faßbares Muster für die Umformung vorliegen. — Verkehrt Stowasser Dunkle Wörter II, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. catasta, p. 213]

In the wild

catasta Persius, Saturae 6.77
catasta Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 p21
catastae Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 6.33
catastae Martial, Epigrammata 6.29.1
catastae Martial, Epigrammata 9.29.5
catasta Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 10.467

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. catasta (scan p. 129; entry #1888).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. catasta (scan p. 213; entry #590).

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