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catinus

deep vessel, bowl, dish

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Where it lives

Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
De agri cultura 6 · 3.84/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Satyrarum libri 4 · 2.82/10k
De Architectura 6 · 1.04/10k
Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

1. catinus — de Vaan

catinus 'deep vessel, bowl, dish' [m. (n. in Cato) o] (Cato+) Derivatives: catillus/-um 'bowl, dish' (Cato+), catillare 'to lick plates' (PI.). Pit. *katino-. This word has been connected with Greek forms such as κοτύλη 'bowl, dish\ Yet the Greek word is no perfect formal match, and words for types of vessels are very often loanwords. It seems best to assume this for catmus too. BibL: WH I: 182, EM 105, IEW 587. — [de Vaan, s.v. catinus, p. 112]

2. cătīnus — Lewis & Short

cătīnus, i, m. (cătīnum, i, n., ka/tinon,

Cato, R. R. 84, 1; cf. Prisc. p. 556 P.; on the contr. Charis. p. 60 ib.) [kindr. with the Siculian Varr. L. L. 5, § 120, p. 35 Bip.; cf. O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 13; cf. also Sanscr. katina, vas fictile],

I a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food, a bowl, dish, pot, Varr. R. R. 1, 63, 1; id. ap. Non. p. 546, 14; Maecen. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 1, 6, 115; 2, 2, 39; 2, 4, 77 al.—Also for melting metals, a crucible, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 33, 6, 35, § 107; for incense, a censer, Suet. Galb. 18.—

II Of things of similar form.

A The air-vessel in a hydraulic instrument, Vitr. 10, 7, 1 sq.—

B Saxi, a (natural) hollow in a rock, Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 125.

3. catinus — Walde–Hofmann

catinus, - m. (-um n. Cato vl nach yäs) „eine meist flache Schüssel zum Speisenauftragen*, auch „Höhlung (von Felsen)“, ,Schmelztiegel*, ,schalenfórmiger Röhrenteil der Feuerspritze* (seit Cato, rom., Demin. catillus m. [-um n. Petron., Gl.] „Schüsselchen, Tellerchen",! nicht rom., aber entlehnt in bask. gatulu ,Schale*): — ags. heden ,Kochgeschirr* (idg. *gatznos, Zupitza Cutt. 207); dazu wohl auch trotz des … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. catinus, p. 214]

In the wild

catino Suetonius, Galba 18.2
catinum Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.343
catini Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.27
catinum Cato, De agri cultura 84
catini Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.4.p3
catinum Cato, De agri cultura 84

6 of 30 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. catinus (scan p. 112; entry #224). Root candidates: *katino-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. catinus (scan p. 129; entry #1897).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. catinus (scan p. 214; entry #595). Root candidates: *korJ-.

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