catella

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtel.la/, [kaˈtɛl.la]

A feminisation of catellus (“a little dog”, “a puppy or whelp”) or an alteration of catula (“a female whelp”, “a young bitch”).

catella f (genitive catellae); first declension

1. a little bitch, bitch puppy, female whelp

First declension.

A contraction of catēnula, a diminutive formed catēna +‎ -ula.

• catēllus, catēnula

catēlla f (genitive catēllae); first declension

1. a light or ornamental chain

First declension.

• catella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• catella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catella in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin