cataphractus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered; mailed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪us]
Adjective
[edit]cataphractus (feminine cataphracta, neuter cataphractum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cataphractus | cataphracta | cataphractum | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphracta | |
| genitive | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphractī | cataphractōrum | cataphractārum | cataphractōrum | |
| dative | cataphractō | cataphractae | cataphractō | cataphractīs | |||
| accusative | cataphractum | cataphractam | cataphractum | cataphractōs | cataphractās | cataphracta | |
| ablative | cataphractō | cataphractā | cataphractō | cataphractīs | |||
| vocative | cataphracte | cataphracta | cataphractum | cataphractī | cataphractae | cataphracta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italian: catafratto
References
[edit]- “cataphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cataphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cataphractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.