Catina

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cătĭna (in MSS. also Cătăna), ae (Cătănē, ēs, Sil. 14, 196), f., = Κατάνη,

I a town on the east coast of Sicily , at the foot of Aetna , now Catania , Mel. 2, 7, 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185; 2, 3, 83, § 192 al.—Hence,

II Cătĭnensis ( Cătĭnĭensis , Just. 4, 3, 4; and Cătănensis , Lact. 2, 4, 28), e, adj., belonging to Catina , of Catina : civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17: pumex, Juv. 8, 16: L. Manlius Catinensis, Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.—In plur.: Cătĭnenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Catina , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120; 2, 3, 43, § 103.