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Definition of: cata
1. Down; against; upon: cataclysm.
2. Back; over: cataphonic.
3. With a pejorative or intensive sense: cataphyllon. Also, before vowels, cat–; before h, cath–. [<Gk. kata- <kata down, against, back]
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