catafratto

Italian

Rievocazione storica di un cavaliere catafratto – Historical reenactment of a cataphract

Etymology

From Latin cataphractus, from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfrat.to/
• Rhymes: -atto
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fràt‧to

Adjective

catafratto (feminine catafratta, masculine plural catafratti, feminine plural catafratte)

1. covered in armor

Noun

catafratto m (plural catafratti)

1. (historical, military) cataphract

Related terms

• catafratta

Further reading

• Catafratto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it