Catina
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cătĭna: (in MSS. also Cătăna), ae (Cătănē, ēs, Sil. 14, 196), f., = Κατάνη,
I a town on the east coast of Sicily, at the foot of Ætna, now Catania, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185; 2, 3, 83, § 192 al.—Hence,
II Cătĭnensis (Cătĭnĭensis, Just. 4, 3, 4; and Cătă-nensis, Lact. 2, 4, 28), e, adj., belonging to Catina, of Catina: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17: pumex, Juv. 8, 16: L. Manlius Catinensis, Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.—In plur.: Cătĭnenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Catina, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120; 2, 3, 43, § 103.
