1. cătella, ae, f., v. 1. catellus.
2. cătella, v. 2. catellus.
1. cătellus, i, m., and cătella, ae, f. dim. [catulus, canis], 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, i, m., and far more freq. cătella (once not contr. cătēnŭla, Paul. Nol. 26, 462), ae, f. dim. [catena; cf. Prisc. p. 556 P.], 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.