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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpʰrak.teːs/, [kät̪äˈpʰräkt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfrak.tes/, [kät̪äˈfräkt̪es]

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

Related terms

• cataphractus

References

• “cataphractes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cataphractes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers