cataphractus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered; mailed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪us]
Adjective[edit]
cataphractus (feminine cataphracta, neuter cataphractum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | cataphractus | cataphracta | cataphractum | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphracta | |
Genitive | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphractī | cataphractōrum | cataphractārum | cataphractōrum | |
Dative | cataphractō | cataphractō | cataphractīs | ||||
Accusative | cataphractum | cataphractam | cataphractum | cataphractōs | cataphractās | cataphracta | |
Ablative | cataphractō | cataphractā | cataphractō | cataphractīs | |||
Vocative | cataphracte | cataphracta | cataphractum | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphracta |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: catafratto
References[edit]
- “cataphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cataphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cataphractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.