cataphractes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταφράκτης (kataphráktēs, “protector, coat of mail”), from καταφράσσειν (kataphrássein, “to fortify, to protect”).

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

1. a coat of mail with iron scales

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, 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