cataphractes

Latin

Etymology

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.teːs/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪eːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tes/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪es]

Noun

cataphractēs m (genitive cataphractae); first declension

a coat of mail with iron scales

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	cataphractēs	cataphractae
genitive	cataphractae	cataphractārum
dative	cataphractae	cataphractīs
accusative	cataphractēn	cataphractās
ablative	cataphractē	cataphractīs
vocative	cataphractē	cataphractae

Related terms

cataphractus

References

“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