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.
