Catius
Pronunciation: [ˈka.ti.ʊs]
“Catius” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:
proper noun
- a Roman deity, the protector of boys, whom he made intelligent
- Quintus Catius, plebeian aedile in 210 BC and legate of the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War
- an Epicurean philosopher (fl. mid-1st C. BC) and author of the works De Rerum Natura, De Summo Bono, etc.
- Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (AD 26–101), Roman consul and orator, author of the epic poem Punica
- Publius Catius Sabinus (fl. AD 3rd C.), consul in AD 216
Etymology
From catus (“clear-sighted”, “intelligent”, “sagacious”, “wise”).
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