cataphractes

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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
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