καταρράκτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καταράκτης (kataráktēs)

Etymology

From καταρρᾱ́σσω (katarrhā́ssō) +‎ -της (-tēs), the former from κατα- (kata-, “down”) +‎ ῥᾱ́σσω (rhā́ssō, “to strike, dash”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥ǎːk.tɛːs/ → /ka.tarˈrak.tis/ → /ka.taˈrak.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥ǎːk.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tarˈrak.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tarˈrak.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.tarˈrak.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈrak.tis/

Noun

κᾰταρρᾱ́κτης • (kătarrhā́ktēs) m (genitive κᾰταρρᾱ́κτου); first declension

1. waterfall
2. a kind of portcullis
3. a kind of seabird, perhaps a gull or osprey
4. (used adjectivally) rushing downward

Declension

First declension of ὁ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτης; τοῦ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτης ho kătărrhā́ktēs	τὼ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱ tṑ kătărrhā́ktā	οἱ κᾰτᾰρρᾶκται hoi kătărrhâktai
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτου toû kătărrhā́ktou	τοῖν κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κταιν toîn kătărrhā́ktain	τῶν κᾰτᾰρρᾱκτῶν tôn kătărrhāktôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτῃ tôi kătărrhā́ktēi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κταιν toîn kătărrhā́ktain	τοῖς κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κταις toîs kătărrhā́ktais
Accusative	τὸν κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτην tòn kătărrhā́ktēn	τὼ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱ tṑ kătărrhā́ktā	τοὺς κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱς toùs kătărrhā́ktās
Vocative	κᾰτᾰρρᾶκτᾰ kătărrhâktă	κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱ kătărrhā́ktā	κᾰτᾰρρᾶκται kătărrhâktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: καταρράκτης (katarráktis), καταρράχτης (katarráchtis)
• → Aramaic: אגטרגטא (agṭragṭā)
• → Coptic: ⲕⲁⲧⲁϩⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ (katahraktēs), ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ (kataraktēs) — Bohairic
• → Latin: cataracta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• καταρράκτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καταρράκτης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “καταρράκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Alternative forms

• καταρράχτης (katarráchtis)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈrak.tis/

Noun

καταρράκτης • (katarráktis) m (plural καταρράκτες)

1. (medicine) cataract (eye disease)
2. flood, inundation
3. (geography) waterfall, cataract, rapids

Declension

Declension of καταρράκτης

	singular	plural
nominative	καταρράκτης (katarráktis)	καταρράκτες (katarráktes)
genitive	καταρράκτη (katarrákti)	καταρρακτών (katarraktón)
accusative	καταρράκτη (katarrákti)	καταρράκτες (katarráktes)
vocative	καταρράκτη (katarrákti)	καταρράκτες (katarráktes)

Related terms

• καταρρακτώδης (katarraktódis, “torrential”)
• καταρρακτωδώς (katarraktodós, “torrentially”)

Further reading

• καταρράκτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el