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καταρρακτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταρρακτός καταρρακτή καταρρακτόν

Structure: καταρρακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = katarra/kths,

Sense

  1. a trap-door

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐν τῷ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νῶε, τοῦ δευτέρου μηνόσ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνόσ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐρράγησαν πᾶσαι αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ ἀβύσσου, καὶ οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠνεῴχθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:11)
  • καὶ ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ ἀβύσσου καὶ οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ συνεσχέθη ὁ ὑετὸσ ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:2)
  • οὕτω δὴ συνεχεῖσ οἱ καταρράκται πεποιημένοι ἄπορον τὸν ἀνάπλουν ἐποίουν τὸν κατὰ τὸν Τίγρητα. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 7 7:3)
  • ὑψηλοτέρασ δ’ οὔσησ τῆσ Μηνοδώρου νεώσ, οἵ τε καταρράκται τοῖσ τολμῶσιν ἦσαν εὐεπιβατώτεροι καὶ τὰ βαλλόμενα ὡσ ἀφ’ ὑψηλοῦ βιαιότερα. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 9 6:5)
  • ἐρυθρά τε θάλαττα καὶ Νείλου καταρράκται καὶ λίμνη Μαιῶτισ, ἃ τοῖσ πρότερον ἐν πέρασι γῆσ ἠκούετο, ἴσα καὶ αὐλῆσ ἑρκία τῇδε τῇ πόλει. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:12)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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