different between catus vs cacti

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.tus/, [?kät??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.tus/, [?k??t?us]

Etymology 1

From the Proto-Italic *katos, from Proto-Indo-European *?h?tós (“sharpened”), from *?eh?- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Sanskrit ??? (?itá-, “whetted, sharpened, slender”).

Adjective

catus (feminine cata, neuter catum); first/second-declension adjective

1. clever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking
2. cunning, crafty, sly
3. (archaic) shrill, sharp, clear-sounding

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

• comparative catior, superlative catissimus

Derived terms

• Catius
• Cat?

Etymology 2

Noun

catus m (genitive cat?); second declension

1. Alternative form of cattus (“cat”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• Felis catus
• Felis silvestris catus

References

• catus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• catus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• catus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kækta?/

Noun

cacti

1. plural of cactus

Latin

Noun

cact? m

1. genitive singular of cactus
2. nominative plural of cactus
3. vocative plural of cactus