adjective (-˚) relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in compounds citta˚ Thig.449 (cp. citra-kathin); tiracchāna˚; AN.iv.153 dhamma˚; Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.342; Ja.iv.2 (˚thera); Ja.vi.255 (mahā˚) as noun a preacher, speaker, expounder AN.iii.174 Mhvs.14, Mhvs.64 (mahā˚).

fr. kathā, cp. Sk. kathaka