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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥ǎːk.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.tarˈrak.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.tarˈrak.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.tarˈrak.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.taˈrak.tis/
Noun
κᾰταρρᾱ́κτης • (kătarrhā́ktēs) m (genitive κᾰταρρᾱ́κτου); first declension
- waterfall
- a kind of portcullis
- a kind of seabird, perhaps a gull or osprey
- (used adjectivally) rushing downward
Declension
| 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 tōî 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 | ||||||||||
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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)
Declension
| 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