sb. pl. Obs. rare. [ad. L. calalecta (see below), a. Gr. *κατάλεκτα, f. καταλέγειν to reckon in the list of, reckon among. Cf. F. catalectes, and ANALECTA.] In sense of L. catalecta, name of a collection of short poems ascribed to Vergil; also, fragments or detached pieces.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit. (1637), 10. That grammarian whom Virgil in his catalects so taunteth. Ibid., 46. Joseph Scaliger, in his Catalects, hath saved … certain verses of a most learned poet.
