Latin

Adjective

catus m ‎(feminine cata, neuter catum); first/second declension

1. clever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking
2. cunning, crafty, sly
3. (archaic) shrill, sharp, clear-sounding

Declension

First/second declension.

• comparative catior, superlative catissimus

Derived terms

• Catius
• Catō

References

• catus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “catus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor: Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
    
• catus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray