catonium

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

cătōnĭum, ii, n. [κάτω],

the Lower World , Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 4; cf. Schol. Juv. p. 65 Cram.—Hence the play upon the word: vereor, ne in catonium Catoninos, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1 B. and K. (others read catomum; v. this word).

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