cateia

Latin

Etymology

Probably from a Gaulish word derived from Proto-Celtic *katyeti (“to throw”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈteː.i̯a/, [käˈt̪eːi̯ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.ja/, [käˈt̪ɛːjä]

Noun

catēia f (genitive catēiae); first declension

a kind of spear, probably barbed

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catēia	catēiae
Genitive	catēiae	catēiārum
Dative	catēiae	catēiīs
Accusative	catēiam	catēiās
Ablative	catēiā	catēiīs
Vocative	catēia	catēiae

References

“cateia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cateia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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