† catalectsn.
Obsolete. rare.
In sense of Latin catalecta, name of a collection of short poems ascribed to Vergil; also, fragments or detached pieces.
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Parnassus1600
catalects1610
sylva1636
Mu'allaqat1772
divan1823
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 10 That grammarian whom Virgil in his Catalects so taunteth.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 46 Ioseph Scaliger, in his Catalects, hath saved..certaine verses of a most learned Poet.
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