cateia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈteː.ja]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈtɛː.ja]

Noun

catēia f (genitive catēiae); first declension

1. a kind of spear, probably barbed

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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