cataphractus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered; mailed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪us]
Adjective edit
cataphractus (feminine cataphracta, neuter cataphractum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italian: catafratto
References edit
- “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.