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cătēgŏrĭa

cătēgŏrĭa · f

An accusation

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What it meant

cătēgŏrĭa — Lewis & Short

cătēgŏrĭa, ae, f., = kathgori/a (postclass.).

I An accusation, Hier. Ep. 82, 9; Macr. S. 7, 3 (where others write it as a Greek word).—
II In logic, a predicament, category or class of predicables (pure Lat. praedicamenta): Aristotelicae, Isid. Orig. 2, 26, 1; Sid. Ep. 4, 1: Aristotelica quaedam, quas appellat decem categorias, Aug. Conf. 4, 16; Serg. Expl. in Art. Don. p. 487, 25 Keil.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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