catulus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) whelp
2. (declension-2, masculine) young dog, puppy, young wolf
3. (declension-2, masculine) iron fetter

Concepts

puppy

cub

doggy

whelp

Synonyms

catellus

Translations

Welpe

chiot

cachorro

filhote

perrito

puppy

Hündchen

cagnolino

cucciolo

louveteau

Löwenbaby

Gepardenjunges

Tigerjunges

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈka.tʊ.ɫʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *katelos (“cub”), with parallel in Umbrian catel (“a sacrificial animal”, nom. sg.). Despite IE cognates such as Old Irish cadla (“goat”), Middle High German hatele (“goat”), Old Norse haðna (“young goat”), Serbo-Croatian kot (“(time of) having young, litter, breed”), dial. Polish kót (“place where forest animals young”), Russian око́т (okót, “lambing time, litter”), De Vaan (2008) doubts a Proto-Indo-European origin.
Sense 3 is likely a semantic loan from Ancient Greek σκύλαξ (skúlax).