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Catulus2

young of an animal, puppy

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Where it lives

Hamilcar 2 · 38.68/10k
Epistularum 1 · 12.5/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 3 · 8.46/10k
De Oratore 45 · 7.47/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 2 · 6.42/10k
Lucullus 11 · 6.11/10k
Historiae 2 · 4.93/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 3 · 4.5/10k
Catilina 4 · 3.75/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 3 · 2.74/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k

Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. catulus — de Vaan

catulus 'young of an animal, puppy' [m. ο] (P1.+) Derivatives: catellus 'puppy' (PL+). Pit. *kat-elo-. It cognates: U. katel [nom,sg.], kathi [acc.sg.], katles [gen.sg.], katle [gen. or datsg.] < *katlo- 'certain sacrificial animal'. IE cognates: MHG hatete 'goat', OIc. hadna 'young goat', SCr. hot '(time of) having young, litter, breed', Po. hot (dial.) 'place where forest animals young'. Catulus also means '(iron) … — [de Vaan, s.v. catulus, p. 112]

2. cătŭlus — Lewis & Short

cătŭlus, i, m.dim.2. catus,

I the young of animals, a whelp; cf. Non. p. 457, 8 sq.

I In gen., of swine, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 13; of a panther, Lucr. 5, 1036; of a lion, Verg. G. 3, 245; Hor. C. 3, 20, 2; Ov. M. 13, 547; of a tiger, Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 10; of a cat, Phaedr. 2, 4, 24; of a wolf, Verg. A. 2, 357; of a bear, Ov. M. 13, 836; 15, 379; of a serpent, Verg. G. 3, 438 al.; cf. in gen.: catulos ferae Celent inultae, Hor. C. 3, 3, 41.—

II Esp., a young dog, a puppy (in this sense regarded by the ancients as dim. of canis, Varr. L. L. 9, § 74 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 5, § 99 ib.): omnia in perfectis et maturis esse meliora, ut in equo quam in equulo, in cane quam in catulo, Cic. N. D. 2, 14, 38: catulo meo Subblanditur, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 321; Lucr. 4, 997; 5, 1067; Verg. E. 1, 23; id. G. 3, 405; Plin. 29, 4, 14, § 57 et saep.—

b Prov.: aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 9.—

III A kind of fetter (cf. canis), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 36, 26; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.

3. Cătŭlus — Lewis & Short

Cătŭlus, i, m.,

I a cognomen in the gens Lutatia; v. Lutatius.

In the wild

catulos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.24.p1
Catulus Cicero, De Oratore 2.47
Catulus Suetonius, Divus Augustus 94.8
catulis Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 7.180
catulos Vergil, Eclogues 1
catulis Martial, Epigrammata 3.44.6

6 of 217 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. catulus (scan pp. 112-113; entry #225). Root candidates: *katlo-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. catulus (scan p. 130; entry #1906).

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