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cătŭlus , i, m. dim. 2. catus,
I.the young of animals, a whelp; cf. Non. p. 457, 8 sq.
I. In gen., of swine, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 13; “of a panther,” Lucr. 5, 1036; “of a lion,” Verg. G. 3, 245; Hor. C. 3, 20, 2; Ov. M. 13, 547; “of a tiger,” Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 10; “of a cat,” Phaedr. 2, 4, 24; “of a wolf,” Verg. A. 2, 357; “of a bear,” Ov. M. 13, 836; 15, 379; “of a serpent,” Verg. G. 3, 438 al.; cf. “in gen.: catulos ferae Celent inultae,” Hor. C. 3, 3, 41.—
II. Esp., a young dog, a puppy (in this sense regarded by the ancients as dim. of canis, Varr. L. L. 9, § 74 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 5, § “99 ib.): omnia in perfectis et maturis esse meliora, ut in equo quam in equulo, in cane quam in catulo,” Cic. N. D. 2, 14, 38: “catulo meo Subblanditur,” Plaut. As. 1, 3, 321; Lucr. 4, 997; 5, 1067; Verg. E. 1, 23; id. G. 3, 405; Plin. 29, 4, 14, § 57 et saep.—
b. Prov.: “aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues,” Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 9.—
III. A kind of fetter (cf. canis), Lucil. ap. Non. p. 36, 26; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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