catenatus

cătēno, ātus, 1, v. a. [catena], to chain or bind together (prob. not ante-Aug.), Col. 6, 19, 2 Schneid. N. cr.; Ven. Carm. 2, 14; cf.: cateno, pedeô, 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.—

b.

Trop.:

versus ex pluribus syllabis catenatos,

connected, Quint. 1, 1, 37:

labores,

continued, unremitting, Mart. 1, 16.