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What (who) is cata- - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Cata; CATA (disambiguation); Cata (disambiguation)
cata-
(also cat-)
¦ prefix
1. down; downwards: catadromous.
2. wrongly; badly: catachresis.
3. completely: cataclysm.
4. against; alongside: catechize.
Origin
from Gk kata 'down'.
Alfonso Catá
CUBAN BALLET DANCER (1937-1990)
Alfonso Cata
Alfonso Catá (3 October 1937 – 15 September 1990) was a Cuban ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director, active in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and France.Debra Craine and Judith Mackrell, "Catá, Alfonso," in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (Oxford University Press, 2000).
Cata
·- The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.
Examples of use of cata-
1. "We don‘t want any more cata cata ," she shouted, using a slang expression for corruption.
2. Katrina has indeed created cata– strophe on a rare scale.