whelp (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cătŭlus2. scymnus (poet.) • whelp (subs.): 1. cătŭlus: let the wild beasts conceal their w.s, catulos ferae celent, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 41: the w.s of a lioness, catuli leaenae, ib. 3, 20, 2. 2. scymnus (poet.): lions' w.s, scymni leonum, Lucr. 5, 1036.