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catinus.

large bowl/plate; main chamber in forepump; smelting crucible; hollow in rock;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kaˈtiː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[kaˈtiː.nus]
  1. a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food; a large bowl, dish, or plate

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Where this word comes from

Possibly borrowed from a substrate language, or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ket-. Compare Serbo-Croatian kòtac (“cattle-shed, weir”), Old English heaþor (“enclosure, jail”), Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “a cup, a pint”), Albanian thes (“bag, sack”).

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