cataphractos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cataphractus, cataphracta, cataphractum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
armored; clad in mail; B:blinded;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Gallograecorum pedites opposuit. his tria milia equitum loricatorum—cataphractos ipsi appellant—adiunxit. addita his ala mille ferme equitum..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...traici Hellesponto in Europam, partim loricatos, quos cataphractos uocant, partim sagittis ex equo utentes et, a quo nihil..."