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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καταρράκτης (Katarrháktēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Catarrhactēs m sg (genitive Catarrhactae); first declension
- A river of Pamphylia flowing into the sea near Attalia, now the Düden River
- A river on the southern coast of Crete
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.
References
- “Catarrhactes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly