cataracta

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cataracta.

Pronunciation

Noun

cataracta f (plural cataractes)

  1. cataract (degeneration of the eye)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs), from καταράσσω (katarássō, pour down).

Pronunciation

Noun

cataracta f (genitive cataractae); first declension

  1. waterfall
  2. drawbridge, portcullis

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • cataracta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cataracta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cataracta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cataracta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cataracta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cataracta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • cataracta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Noun

cataracta

  1. Alternative form of cataract