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cătŭla, ae, v. catulus.

‡ Cătŭlārĭa Porta, one of the gates of Rome, so called because dogs were sacrificed near it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.; cf. Becker, Röm. Alterth. 1, p. 178 sq.

‡ cătŭlaster, v. catlaster.

1. cătŭlīnus, a. um, adj. [catulus], of or pertaining to a little dog, dog’s-: caro, Plaut. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.; and absol.: cătŭlīna, ae, f. (sc. caro), the flesh of the dog, Plin. 29, 4, 14, § 58.

2. Cătŭlīnus, a, um, adj., of Q. Lutatius Catulus, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 17 Sill. N. cr.

cătŭlĭo, īre, v. n. [catulus], to desire the male, of dogs, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 11; of the she-wolf, Laber. ap. Non. p. 90, 33.

cătŭlītĭo, or contr. catlītĭo, ōnis, f. [catulio], a desire for the male; trop. of nature (gestiente natură semina accipere), a rustic expression, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.

Cătullus, i, m.

  1. I. Q. Valerius, acc. to Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 81; C. acc. to App. Mag. 10, p. 12 Bip., a celebrated Roman writer of elegies and epigrams, born near or in Verona, 86 B. C.; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Hor. S. 1, 10, 19; Tib. 3, 6 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62; Mart. 7, 99; cf. Bernhardy, Röm. Litt. p. 466 sq.; Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 184 sq.
    Hence,
    1. B. Cătullĭānus, a, um, of Catullus: basia, Mart. 11, 6, 14.
  2. II. Catullus Urbicarius, a mimographer of the time of Domitian, Juv. 8, 186; 12, 29; 12, 37; 13, 111.
  3. III. Catullus Messalinus, an informer of the same time, Juv. 4, 113; Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 5.

† cătūlōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = κατουλωτικός, good for healing over: medicamentum, Veg. 6, 28, 4.

1. cătŭlus, i, m. dim. [2. catus], the young of animals, a whelp; cf. Non. p. 457, 8 sq.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
        1. b. Prov.: aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 9.
  3. III. A kind of fetter (cf. canis), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 36, 26; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.

2. Cătŭlus, i, m., a cognomen in the gens Lutatia; v. Lutatius.

Cătŭrĭges, um, m., a Ligurian tribe in Gallia Narbonensis, now De/partement des Hautes-Alpes, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; Plin. 3, 20, 24, §§ 135 and 137.

1. cătus, a, um, adj. [root ka-; Sanscr. ça-, to whet, sharpen; cf. cos, cautes, cuneus; Sabine, = acutus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 46, p. 90 Bip.].

  1. * I. Sharp to the hearing, clear-sounding, shrill (cf. acutus, 2.): jam cata signa fere sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. l. l. (Ann. 447 Vahl.).
  2. II. Transf. to intellectual objects, in a good and bad sense.
    1. A. In a good sense, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious, wise, opp. stultus (in prose probably never naturalized; hence Cic., in prose, adds ut ita dicam; v. the foll.): catus Aelius Sextus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Ps. 2, 3, 15; Ter. And. 5, 2, 14 Don. and Ruhnk.; Hor. C. 1, 10, 3: prudens et, ut ita dicam, catus, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45.
      Constr. with inf.: jaculari, Hor. C. 3, 12, 10.
      With gen.: legum, Aus. Mos. 400.
      Of abstract things: dicta, Enn. Ann. 519 Vahl.: consilium, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 75.
    2. B. In a bad sense, sly, crafty, cunning, artful ( = callidus, astutus): cata est et callida, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 71; so id. Poen. 5, 2, 147; id. Most. 5, 2, 21; id. Trin. 3, 2, 51; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39.
      Adv.: cătē, conform. to II. A.: sapienter, docte et cordate et cate, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 3; id. Men. 2, 3, 61; Cic. Arat. 304.
      Comp. and sup. not in use in the adj. or in the adv.

2. cătus, i, m., a male cat (post-class.), Pall. Mart. 9, 4; scanned, cātus, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. 5, p. 162, 3 al.