cataractas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cataracta, cataractae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cataract/rapid; waterfall; sluice, watergate; portcullis, drawbridge; sea bird;
acc. pl. - Entry →cataractes, cataractae:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cataract/rapid; waterfall; sluice, watergate; portcullis, drawbridge; sea bird;
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...commercia Indici maris est, praelabitur. Excipiunt eum Cataractae, nobilis insigni spectaculo locus: [2,5] ibi per arduas excisasque..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uocem eorum excitati tumultuari trepidare moliri portam. cataracta [deiecta] clausa erat; eam partim uectibus leuant, partim funibus subducunt..."