verb transitive #3380

cătēno

2nd PP cătēnāre · 3rd PP cătēnātus · conj. 1st

to chain; bind together; N. cr.; poetic •

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.—

figuratively •

Trop.: versus ex pluribus syllabis catenatos, connected, Quint. 1, 1, 37: labores, continued, unremitting, Mart. 1, 16.

Perseus ID: n7096 Key: cateno