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κατάφρακτος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κατάφαρκτος (katápharktos) — Old Attic
Etymology
From καταφράσσειν (kataphrássein, “to protect”) + -τος (-tos, “-ed”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tá.pʰrak.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈta.pʰrak.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.ɸrak.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.frak.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈta.frak.tos/
Adjective
κᾰτάφρακτος • (kătáphraktos) m or f (neuter κᾰτάφρακτον); second declension
Declension
Descendants
- → Latin: cataphractus
Further reading
- κατάφρακτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κατάφρακτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- decked idem, page 201.
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, shut up”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
κατάφρακτος • (katáfraktos) m (feminine κατάφρακτη, neuter κατάφρακτο)
- (history, military) related to a cataphract
Declension
Noun
κατάφρακτος • (katáfraktos) m (plural κατάφρακτοι)
- (history, military) cataphract (a heavily armoured Byzantine military unit; a soldier thus armed; the armour worn)
Declension
Further reading
κατάφρακτος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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