καταρρακτήρ

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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4
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Transliteration A: katarraktḗr Transliteration B: katarraktēr Transliteration C: katarraktir Beta Code: katarrakth/r

English (LSJ)

ῆρος, ὁ,

   A down-swooping, κίρκος Lyc.169, cf. 539.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταρρακτήρ: ῆρος, ὁ, (ἐκ τοῦ καταρράσσω), ὁ καταστρέφων, καταστροφεύς, κίρκος κ., (Σχολ. καταστρέφων, ὁ καταρράσων τὴν πόλιν, διὰ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν τῆς Ἑλένης) Λυκόφρ. 199, 539.

Greek Monolingual

καταρρακτήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ (Α) καταρράσσω
αυτός που φέρνει καταστροφή, ο καταστροφέας.