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Webster 1913 Edition

Cata

Cat′a

.
[Gr.
κατά
.]
The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify
down
,
downward
,
under
,
against
,
contrary
or
opposed to
,
wholly
,
completely
; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.

Definition 2024

cață

cață

See also: cata, catá, catà, câtă, cata-, and Ca-ta

Romanian

Noun

cață f ‎(plural cațe)

  1. (regional) a long stick with a hook at the end that shepherds use to herd sheep

See also

Etymology 2

From the verb cața.

Noun

cață f ‎(plural cațe)

  1. (familiar) an annoying person who keeps following one around

Etymology

Probably from acăță, variant of agăța. May correspond to a verbal substantive deriving from Late Latin captiare, but this is uncertain. Compare French chasse, Italian caccia, Portuguese caça, Spanish caza.

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