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cattus.

cat; wild cat; kind of trout; siege engine;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkat.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkat.tus]

  1. a cat

    Late-Latin · Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown; perhaps borrowed from a Nilo-Saharan or Afroasiatic language, compare Nubian kadīs (“cat”), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ, “cat, tomcat”), Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu, “cat”), or possibly a Wanderwort, compare Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”) and Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

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