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.
WHELP Copy link • WHELP 1. s. catulus (of the young of dogs or cats; e.g., catulus canis; catulus felis; then also by metonymy, of other animals). Vid: also, YOUNG. 2. v. parere: partum edere (in general). Vid: also, To BRING FORTH.