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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

  • καὶ ἐξήγαγε Πασχὼρ τὸν Ἱερεμίαν ἐκ τοῦ καταρράκτου, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἱερεμίασ. οὐχὶ Πασχὼρ ἐκάλεσε Κύριοσ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ἀλλ’ ἢ Μέτοικον. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 20:3)

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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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