cataphractes
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, clad in mail”). Lewis and Short derives this word from καταφρακτής (kataphraktḗs), a form which is absent from Liddell and Scott.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.teːs/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tes/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪es]
Noun[edit]
cataphractēs m (genitive cataphractae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cataphractēs | cataphractae |
| Genitive | cataphractae | cataphractārum |
| Dative | cataphractae | cataphractīs |
| Accusative | cataphractēn | cataphractās |
| Ablative | cataphractē | cataphractīs |
| Vocative | cataphractē | cataphractae |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cataphractes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cataphractes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers