cătēno, ātus, 1, v. a. [catena],
I to chain or bind together (prob. not ante-Aug.), Col. 6, 19, 2 Schneid. N. cr.; Ven. Carm. 2, 14; cf.: cateno, πεδέω, Gloss. Vet.—More freq. in part. perf. : cătēnātus , a, um, bound with a chain , chained , fettered : Britannus, * Hor. Epod. 7, 8: janitor, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 1; Col. 1, praef. § 10; Quint. 8, 3, 69; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 64 al.: equorum linguae, Stat. Th. 4, 731.—Poet.: palaestrae (on account of their twining their limbs around one another), intertwined , Stat. S. 2, 1.—
b Trop.: versus ex pluribus syllabis catenatos, connected , Quint. 1, 1, 37: labores, continued , unremitting , Mart. 1, 16.