Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Catenatus

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

CATENA'TUS (ἁλυσίδετος). Shackled, fettered, or in chains, like a slave, criminal, or captive. (Flor. iii. 19. 3. Suet. Tib. 64. Hor. Epod. vii. 8.) The word does not imply that the person so confined was chained up, or bound to, another object, which is expressed by alligatus; but merely that he was bound with chains in a manner to impede the freedom of his motions, and prevent an escape by flight. See the illustrations s. CATULUS and COMPEDITUS.