Italian

Noun

caterva f ‎(plural caterve)

1. multitude

Usage notes

• Used in the phrase una caterva di to means loads of, heaps of

Anagrams

• varcate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈter.wa/, [kaˈtɛr.wa]

Noun

caterva f ‎(genitive catervae); first declension

1. a crowd
2. vocative singular of caterva

catervā f

1. ablative singular of caterva

Inflection

First declension.

References

• caterva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caterva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CATERVA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caterva”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a theatrical company: familia, grex, caterva histrionum
    
  • the Chorus in Tragedy: caterva, chorus
    

Spanish

Noun

caterva f ‎(plural catervas)

1. crowd, multitude