The corpus record — Latin

catellus1

catellus1 · m

a little dog

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Curculio 1 · 1.62/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

1. cătellus — Lewis & Short

cătellus, i, m., and cătella, ae, f.dim.catulus, canis,

I a little dog, puppy, whelp.

a Masc., Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 40; Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 24; Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103 Orell. N. cr.; Val. Max. 1, 5, 3; Mart. 1, 84; Juv. 6, 551; 9, 61; and as a term of endearment, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 103; Hor. S. 2, 3, 259.—

b Fem., Mart. 3, 82, 19; Juv. 6, 654; and as a term of endearment: mi catella, Hier. Ep. 22, 29.

2. cătellus — Lewis & Short

cătellus, i, m., and far more freq. cătella (once not contr. cătēnŭla, ae, f.dim.catena; cf. Prisc. p. 556 P.,

Paul. Nol. 26, 462),

I a small chain.

a Masc., in a play on the meaning of 1. catellus, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 13.—

b Fem., Cato, R. R. 135, 1; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 199, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55; Liv. 39, 31, 19: vaginae catellis crepitant, Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 15, and Fest. p. 273, 12 Müll.

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