cataphractus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered; mailed”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cataphractus (feminine cataphracta, neuter cataphractum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wearing armor, mailed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cataphractus cataphracta cataphractum cataphractī cataphractae cataphracta
Genitive cataphractī cataphractae cataphractī cataphractōrum cataphractārum cataphractōrum
Dative cataphractō cataphractō cataphractīs
Accusative cataphractum cataphractam cataphractum cataphractōs cataphractās cataphracta
Ablative cataphractō cataphractā cataphractō cataphractīs
Vocative cataphracte cataphracta cataphractum cataphractī cataphractae cataphracta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: catafratto

References

  • “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.
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