OrigoFrom Classical captō, in the sense of "strive to see", with Late Latin assimilation of /pt/ to /tt/.
- Late-Latin, conjugation-1to look at, see
“Hunc vulgus cattum a captura vocant. Alii dicunt quod cattat, id est videt.” — Commoners call [the cat] cattus, from the word captura ['catching']. Others say [that they call it so] because it 'cats', that is, it sees.
- Late-Latin, ablative, dative, form-of, singulardative/ablative singular of cattus
Formaecattō(canonical) · cattāre(infinitive, present) · cattāvī(active, perfect) · cattātum(supine) · cattō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · cattās(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · cattat(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · cattāmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · cattātis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · cattant(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · cattābam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · cattābās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · cattābat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · cattābāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · cattābātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · cattābant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · cattābō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · cattābis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · cattābit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · cattābimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)