catus
Latin > English
catus cata, catum ADJ :: knowing, clever, shrewd, wise, prudent, circumspect; shrill/clear (sound)
catus catus cati N M :: cat; wild cat; kind of trout; siege engine; male cat (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cătus: a, um, adj. root ka-; Sanscr. ça-, to whet, sharpen; cf. cos, cautes, cuneus; Sabine, = acutus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 46, p. 90 Bip.. *
I Sharp to the hearing, clear-sounding, shrill (cf. acutus, 2.): jam cata signa fere sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. l. l. (Ann. 447 Vahl.). —
II Transf. to intellectual objects, in a good and bad sense.
A In a good sense, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious, wise, opp. stultus (in prose probably never naturalized; hence Cic., in prose, adds ut ita dicam;
v. the foll.): catus Aelius Sextus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Ps. 2, 3, 15; Ter. And. 5, 2, 14 Don. and Ruhnk.; Hor. C. 1, 10, 3: prudens et, ut ita dicam, catus, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45.—Constr. with inf.: jaculari, Hor. C. 3, 12, 10.—With gen.: legum, Aus. Mos. 400.—Of abstract things: dicta, Enn. Ann. 519 Vahl.: consilium, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 75.—
B In a bad sense, sly, crafty, cunning, artful ( = callidus, astutus): cata est et callida, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 71; so id. Poen. 5, 2, 147; id. Most. 5, 2, 21; id. Trin. 3, 2, 51; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39.—Adv.: cătē, conform. to II. A.: sapienter, docte et cordate et cate, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 3; id. Men. 2, 3, 61; Cic. Arat. 304.—Comp. and sup. not in use in the adj. or in the adv.
cătus: i, m.,
I a male cat (post-class.), Pall. Mart. 9, 4; scanned, cātus, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. 5, p. 162, 3 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cătus,¹³ a, um (mot sabin = acutus Varro L. 7, 46 ), aigu : Enn. Ann. 331 || avisé, fin, habile : catus Ælius Sextus Enn. d. Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, le subtil Ælius Sextus, cf. Pl. Mil. 794 ; Cic. Tusc. 2, 45 ; Ac. 2, 97 ; consilium catum Pl. Epid. 258, conseil avisé.
(2) catus, v. cattus.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) catus1, a, um (sabinisch = acutus nach Varr. LL. 7, 46), I) auf das Gehör scharf einwirkend, helltönend, signa, Enn. ann. 447. – II) auf das Geistige übtr., gewitzigt, gescheit, gewandt, geschickt, im üblen Sinne verschmitzt, pfiffig, schlau (Ggstz. stultus; vgl. Spengel Ter. Andr. 855), Enn. fr., Komik. u.a.: arguti et cati, Plaut. trin. 493: vide, quam sit catus is, quem etc., Cic.: prudens et, ut ita dicam, catus, Cic.: cata dicta, Enn. fr.: dare alci consilium catum, Plaut. – m. Abl., experimentis catus, Apul. de deo Socr. 17 extr.: catus linguā, ore canorus, Auson. parent. 19, 15. p. 50 Schenkl: catus arte palaestrae, Auson. ep. 96, 1. p. 222 Schenkl. – m. Genet., catus legum, Auson. Mos. 400. – mit folg. Infin., Hor. carm. 3, 12, 10. Apul. flor. 3 in.
(2) catus2, ī, m., s. cattus.