catēgoria, ae, f., = κατηγορία (postclass.). An accusation, Hier. Ep. 82, 9; Macr. S. 7, 3 (where others write it as a Greek word).

— In logic, a predicament, category or class of predicables (pure Lat. praedicamenta): Aristotelicae, Isid. Orig. 2, 26, 1; Sid. Ep. 4, 1: Aristotelica quaedam, quas appellat decem categorias, Aug. Conf. 4, 16; Serg. Expl. in Art. Don. p. 487, 25 Keil.