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
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Gallograecorum pedites opposuit. his tria milia equitum loricatorum—cataphractos ipsi appellant—adiunxit. addita his ala mille ferme equitum..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...traici Hellesponto in Europam, partim loricatos, quos cataphractos uocant, partim sagittis ex equo utentes et, a quo nihil..."