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1 cataracta
cătăracta (also cătarracta), ae, f. ( cătarractes, ae, m., Plin. and Sol.; v. the foll.), = ho katarraktês or kataraktês.I.Lit., a waterfall, in gen.; the waterfalls of the Euphrates, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85.—Hence,B.Meton. and kat exochêu, [p. 301] the celebrated fall of the Nile on the southern borders of Egypt, the Cataract:II.novissimo catarracte,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.— Acc. catarracten, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 59; Sol. 32:pervenit ad cataractam,
Vitr. 8, 2, 6.— Plur. fem.:cataractae, nobilis insigni spectaculo locus,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 4:praecipites cataractae,
Luc. 10, 317; Amm. 22, 15, 9.—In milit. lang., a drawbridge, portcullis, Veg. Mil. 4, 4; Liv. 27, 28, 10 and 11.—III.A water-sluice, floodgate, Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 4; Rutil. 1, 481 Zumpt.—IV.A waterbird (that pounces down quickly), Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126. -
2 catarracta
cătăracta (also cătarracta), ae, f. ( cătarractes, ae, m., Plin. and Sol.; v. the foll.), = ho katarraktês or kataraktês.I.Lit., a waterfall, in gen.; the waterfalls of the Euphrates, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85.—Hence,B.Meton. and kat exochêu, [p. 301] the celebrated fall of the Nile on the southern borders of Egypt, the Cataract:II.novissimo catarracte,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.— Acc. catarracten, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 59; Sol. 32:pervenit ad cataractam,
Vitr. 8, 2, 6.— Plur. fem.:cataractae, nobilis insigni spectaculo locus,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 4:praecipites cataractae,
Luc. 10, 317; Amm. 22, 15, 9.—In milit. lang., a drawbridge, portcullis, Veg. Mil. 4, 4; Liv. 27, 28, 10 and 11.—III.A water-sluice, floodgate, Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 4; Rutil. 1, 481 Zumpt.—IV.A waterbird (that pounces down quickly), Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126. -
3 catarractes
cătăracta (also cătarracta), ae, f. ( cătarractes, ae, m., Plin. and Sol.; v. the foll.), = ho katarraktês or kataraktês.I.Lit., a waterfall, in gen.; the waterfalls of the Euphrates, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85.—Hence,B.Meton. and kat exochêu, [p. 301] the celebrated fall of the Nile on the southern borders of Egypt, the Cataract:II.novissimo catarracte,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.— Acc. catarracten, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 59; Sol. 32:pervenit ad cataractam,
Vitr. 8, 2, 6.— Plur. fem.:cataractae, nobilis insigni spectaculo locus,
Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 4:praecipites cataractae,
Luc. 10, 317; Amm. 22, 15, 9.—In milit. lang., a drawbridge, portcullis, Veg. Mil. 4, 4; Liv. 27, 28, 10 and 11.—III.A water-sluice, floodgate, Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 4; Rutil. 1, 481 Zumpt.—IV.A waterbird (that pounces down quickly), Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126.
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