Cato

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.təʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.toʊ/ Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ === Etymology 1 === From Latin Cato. A cognomen made particularly famous by Cato the Elder and Younger, members of the gens Porcia. ==== Proper noun ==== Cato (rare) A male given name from Latin. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, Indiana. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas. A township in Montcalm County, Michigan. An unincorporated community in Barry County, Missouri. A town and village in Cayuga County, New York. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. === Etymology 2 === From French Catherine. Used as a matronymic. ==== Proper noun ==== Cato A surname from French. ===== Derived terms ===== Cato Ridge === Anagrams === Toca, coat, cota, ATOC, taco, TACO, octa-, octa, Cota == Latin == === Etymology === According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *katō, related to catus (“intelligent”) with individualizing suffix -ō (< PIE *-e/on-, the "Στράβων" suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.to] Homophone: cato === Proper noun === Catō m sg (genitive Catōnis); third declension A cognomen, particularly a branch of the gens Porcia. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Căto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “Cato”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “Căto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 276/1. “Catō” on page 286/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Norwegian == === Etymology === From Latin Cato. === Proper noun === Cato a male given name popular in the 1970s and 1980s