Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cateja

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CATE'JA. A missile employed in warfare by the Germans, Gauls, Hirpini, &c. It was a spear of considerable length and slender shaft, having a long cord attached to it, like the harpoon, so that it could be recovered by the person who had launched it. Virg. Aen. vii. 742. Serv. ad l. Sil. iii. 277. Isidor. Orig. xviii. 7. 7.