cataphractes

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, clad in mail”). Lewis and Short derives this word from καταφρακτής (kataphraktḗs), a form which is absent from Liddell and Scott.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.teːs/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪eːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tes/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪ɛs]

Noun

cataphractēs m (genitive cataphractae); first declension

  1. a coat of mail with iron scales

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cataphractēs cataphractae
Genitive cataphractae cataphractārum
Dative cataphractae cataphractīs
Accusative cataphractēn cataphractās
Ablative cataphractē cataphractīs
Vocative cataphractē cataphractae

References
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