aphractus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄφρακτος (áphraktos, “undefended”) (ναῦς (naûs, “ship”)), from ἀ- (a-) + φράκτης (phráktēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰrak.tus/, [äˈpʰräkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈfrak.tus/, [äˈfräkt̪us] (with a light first syllable)
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /apʰˈrak.tus/, [äpʰˈräkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /afˈrak.tus/, [äfˈräkt̪us] (with a heavy first syllable)

Noun

aphractus m (genitive aphractī); second declension

1. An open boat (vessel with no deck)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aphractus	aphractī
Genitive	aphractī	aphractōrum
Dative	aphractō	aphractīs
Accusative	aphractum	aphractōs
Ablative	aphractō	aphractīs
Vocative	aphracte	aphractī

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