cataphractus

Latin

Alternative forms

• catafractus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tus/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪us]

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

• cataphractī

Related terms

• cataphractārius
• cataphractēs

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.