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cătēno , ātus, 1, v. a. catena,
I.to chain or bind together (prob. not ante-Aug.), Col. 6, 19, 2 Schneid. N. cr.; Ven. Carm. 2, 14; cf.: cateno, πεδέω, Gloss. Vet.—More freq. in part. perf.: cătēnātus , a, um, bound with a chain, chained, fettered: Britannus, *Hor. Epod. 7, 8: “janitor,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 1; Col. 1, praef. § 10; Quint. 8, 3, 69; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 64 al.: “equorum linguae,Stat. Th. 4, 731.—Poet.: “palaestrae (on account of their twining their limbs around one another),intertwined, Stat. S. 2, 1.—
b. Trop.: “versus ex pluribus syllabis catenatos,connected, Quint. 1, 1, 37: “labores,continued, unremitting, Mart. 1, 16.
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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 13
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 64
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.37
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.69
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
    • Statius, Silvae, 2.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.19.2
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 1.16
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