catus.
cat; wild cat; kind of trout; siege engine; male cat (L+S);
Meaning & usage
clever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking
cunning, crafty, sly
shrill, sharp, clear-sounding
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *katos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Sanskrit शित (śitá-, “whetted, sharpened, slender”).
alternative form of cattus (“cat”)
Where this word comes from
Alternative form of cattus, possibly under the influence by folk-etymology of the above sense.
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