English

Proper noun

Cato

1. (rare) A male given name
2. A town and a village in New York.
3. A town in Wisconsin.

Etymology 2

From French Catherine, used as a matronymic.

Proper noun

Cato

1. A surname​.

Anagrams

• ATOC, coat, octa, taco

Latin

Etymology

According to De Vaan, from catus ‎(“intelligent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/, [ˈka.tɔ]

Proper noun

Cato ? ‎(genitive Catonis); third declension

1. A cognomen, particularly a branch of the gens Porcia.

References

• Cato in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Cato”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Cato.

Proper noun

Cato

1. A male given name popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

Asturian

Verb

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Latin

Adjective

catō

1. dative masculine singular of catus
2. dative neuter singular of catus
3. ablative masculine singular of catus
4. ablative neuter plural of catus

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cato”, 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
    
• cato in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

cato

Alternative forms

• cacto (Brazil)
• cáctus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.tu/

Etymology

From Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος ‎(káktos, “cardoon”), of pre-Greek origin.

Noun

cato m (plural catos)

1. (Portugal) cactus

Verb

cato

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of catar

Spanish

Verb

cato

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of catar.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• cadwo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatɔ/

Verb

cato

1. (literary) third-person singular subjunctive of cadw

Mutation