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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄφρακτος (áphraktos, “undefended”) (ναῦς (naûs, “ship”)), from ἀ- (a-) + φράκτης (phráktēs).
Pronunciation
Noun
aphractus m (genitive aphractī); second declension
- An open boat (vessel with no deck)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “aphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aphractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aphractus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aphractus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin