cătellus | cătella, ae (noun M.f) : m., and , , f.dim.catulus, canis
* A little dog, puppy, whelp.
* Masc., Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 40; Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 24; Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103 Orell. N. cr.; Val. Max. 1, 5, 3; Mart. 1, 84; Juv. 6, 551; 9, 61; and as a term of endearment,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 103; Hor. S. 2, 3, 259.
* Fem., Mart. 3, 82, 19; Juv. 6, 654; and as a term of endearment: mi catella,Hier. Ep. 22, 29.

cătellus | cătella, ae | cătēnŭla (noun M.f) : m., and far more freq. (once not contr. , Paul. Nol. 26, 462), , f. dim. catena; cf. Prisc. p. 556 P.
* A small chain.
* Masc., in a play on the meaning of 1. catellus, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 13.
* Fem., Cato, R. R. 135, 1; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 199, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55; Liv. 39, 31, 19: vaginae catellis crepitant,Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 15, and Fest. p. 273, 12 Müll.

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