cataphractus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • catafractus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

cataphractus (feminine cataphracta, neuter cataphractum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wearing armor, mailed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cataphractus cataphracta cataphractum cataphractī cataphractae cataphracta
genitive cataphractī cataphractae cataphractī cataphractōrum cataphractārum cataphractōrum
dative cataphractō cataphractae cataphractō cataphractīs
accusative cataphractum cataphractam cataphractum cataphractōs cataphractās cataphracta
ablative cataphractō cataphractā cataphractō cataphractīs
vocative cataphracte cataphracta cataphractum cataphractī cataphractae cataphracta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: catafratto

Noun

cataphractus m (genitive cataphractī); second declension

  1. a soldier clad in mail

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cataphractus cataphractī
genitive cataphractī cataphractōrum
dative cataphractō cataphractīs
accusative cataphractum cataphractōs
ablative cataphractō cataphractīs
vocative cataphracte cataphractī

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.
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