LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

catīnus

catīnus m (genitive catīnī)
Classical[kaˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈtiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food; a large bowl, dish, or plate

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecatīnuscatīnī
genitivecatīnīcatīnōrum
dativecatīnōcatīnīs
accusativecatīnumcatīnōs
ablativecatīnōcatīnīs
vocativecatīnecatīnī

cătīnus, i, m. (cătīnum, i, n., Cato, R. R. 84, 1; cf. Prisc. p. 556 P.; on the contr. Charis. p. 60 ib.) [kindr. with the Siculian κάτινον, Varr. L. L. 5, § 120, p. 35 Bip.; cf. O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 13; cf. also Sanscr. katina, vas fictile],
I. a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food, a bowl, dish, pot, Varr. R. R. 1, 63, 1; id. ap. Non. p. 546, 14; Maecen. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 1, 6, 115; 2, 2, 39; 2, 4, 77 al.—Also for melting metals, a crucible, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 33, 6, 35, § 107; for incense, a censer, Suet. Galb. 18.—
II. Of things of similar form.
A. The air-vessel in a hydraulic instrument, Vitr. 10, 7, 1 sq.—
B. Saxi, a (natural) hollow in a rock, Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 125.

Origins

Possibly borrowed from a substrate language, or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ket-. Compare Serbo-Croatian kòtac (“cattle-shed, weir”), Old English heaþor (“enclosure, jail”), Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “a cup, a pint”), Albanian thes (“bag, sack”).

Descendants
  • Frenchcatin
  • Italiancatino
  • Portuguesecadinho
  • Romaniancățân
  • Spanishcatino
  • Aromaniancãtsãn
  • Siciliancatu
  • Cimbriankaiinfrom Venetan cadìn

In English words that came into English from catīnus

  • kettlecatīllus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCatinusCatinus or CATINUM, dim. CATILLUS or CATILLUM, a dish or platter on which viands were served up. Other names for similar table utensils will here be n…

Quick answers

What does catīnus mean in Latin?
catīnus, a noun, means “a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food; a large bowl, dish, or plate”.
What is the genitive of catīnus?
The genitive singular is catīnī. catīnus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce catīnus?
In classical Latin, [kaˈtiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈtiː.nus].