catillus
From LSJ
Βέβαιον οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν θνητῷ βίῳ → Nihil, ut videtur, proprium in vita datur → Nichts Festes gibt's im Leben eines Sterblichen
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cătillus: i, m. (plur. heterocl. catilla, ōrum, n., Petr. 50, 6; cf. Prisc. p. 556 P.; an uncontr. access. form că-tīnŭlus, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 61 ib.),
dim. catinus.
I A small bowl, dish, or plate, Cato, R. R. 84 fin.; Asin. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.; Hor. S. 2, 4, 75; Col. 12, 57, 1; Val. Max. 4, 3, 5.—
II Of objects in the form of a plate.
A An ornament on a sword-sheath, Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152 (catellis, Jan. and Sill.).—
B The upper millstone, Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 5.
