• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈka.tus/,[ˈkät̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈka.tus/,[ˈkäːt̪us]

From theProto-Italic*katos, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱh₃tós(“sharpened”), from*ḱeh₃-(“to sharpen”). Cognate withSanskritशित(śitá-,“whetted, sharpened, slender”).

catus (femininecata,neutercatum);first/second-declension adjective

1. clever,intelligent,sagacious,clear-thinking
2. cunning,crafty,sly
3. (archaic)shrill,sharp,clear-sounding

First/second-declension adjective.

• comparativecatior, superlativecatissimus

• Catius
• Catō

Alternative spelling ofcattus, possibly under the influence by folk-etymology of the above sense.

catus m (genitivecatī);second declension

1. Alternative form ofcattus(“cat”)
   • 1531,Carolus Bovillus,Caroli Bovilli Samarobrini Prouerbiorum Vulgarium:

     Amici, vt canis &catus.

     Friends, like dog andcat.

Second-declension noun.

• Catus
• Felis catus
• Felis silvestris catus

• “catus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “catus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "catus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• catus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor:Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
    
• “catus”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1848),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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