cataracta
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs), from καταράσσω (katarássō, “pour down”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.taˈrak.ta/, [kät̪äˈräkt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈrak.ta/, [kät̪äˈräkt̪ä]
Noun
cataracta f (genitive cataractae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cataracta | cataractae |
Genitive | cataractae | cataractārum |
Dative | cataractae | cataractīs |
Accusative | cataractam | cataractās |
Ablative | cataractā | cataractīs |
Vocative | cataracta | cataractae |
Descendants
- → Dutch: cataract
- → French: cataracte
- → Middle English: cataract
- English: cataract
- → Spanish: catarata
References
- “cataracta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cataracta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cataracta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cataracta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cataracta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cataracta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “cataracta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
Noun
cataracta
- Alternative form of cataract