Cato

[ key-toh ]

/ ˈkeɪ toʊ /

noun

Marcus Por·ci·us

[pawr-shee-uh s, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs, -ʃəs/, the Elderorthe Censor,234–149 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.

his great-grandsonMarcus Porciusthe Younger,95–46 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and Stoic philosopher.

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Example sentences from the Web for cato

“The events this year with Ukraine led to his ties with Cato being severed,” a source at the think tank told The Daily Beast.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute|James Kirchick|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Through a spokesperson, Klaus does not deny that he and Cato parted ways.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute|James Kirchick|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Klaus espouses inflammatory views on a variety of subjects, some of which Cato happily embraced.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute|James Kirchick|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute.
Immigration Laws Have It All Backward|Ilya Shapiro|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

People are reading “way too much into this report,” said Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
Are the CBO’s New Cost Projections the Obamacare Win That Wasn’t?|Olivia Nuzzi|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Shorter lived but more in honour was an institution known to us only from casually preserved references to it in Cato and Varro.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse|Various
Solo for soli has the authority of Cato, who used soli for solius, and of Terence, who used solæ for the same case.
Roman Sepulchral Inscriptions|John Kenrick
He was therefore set up as the Cato of the republican party, which did not abound in such characters.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
Addison thought so well of his dramatic talent that he requested him to write the conclusion of Cato.
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature|John W. Cousin
Cato was almost exactly contemporary with Ennius: and he had been the foremost representative of the reaction.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cato

Cato

/ (ˈkeɪtəʊ) /

noun

Marcus Porcius (ˈmɑːkəsˈpɔːʃɪəs), known as Cato the Elder or the Censor. 234–149 bc, Roman statesman and writer, noted for his relentless opposition to Carthage

his great-grandson, Marcus Porcius, known as Cato the Younger or Uticensis. 95–46 bc, Roman statesman, general, and Stoic philosopher; opponent of Catiline and Caesar

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Cultural definitions for cato

Cato

[ (kay-toh) ]

A politician of ancient Rome, known for his insistence that Carthage was Rome's permanent enemy. He had a custom of ending all his speeches in the Roman senate with the words “Carthage must be destroyed.”