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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">down-swooping, sheer, waterfall, portcullis, movable bridge, sluice</b>; also name of a bird, [[cormorant]] (Hdt., S., Ar.).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">-ρρήκτης</b><br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">κατα-ρράττω</b>, <b class="b3">-ρρήσσω</b>, s. <b class="b3">ῥάττω</b>. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">down-swooping, sheer, waterfall, portcullis, movable bridge, sluice</b>; also name of a bird, [[cormorant]] (Hdt., S., Ar.).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">-ρρήκτης</b><br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">κατα-ρράττω</b>, <b class="b3">-ρρήσσω</b>, s. <b class="b3">ῥάττω</b>. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=καταρ-ράκτης, ου, [[καταρρήγνυμι]] [[καταράσσω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> as adj. [[down]]-[[rushing]], τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν ([[attic]] for οὐδόν) to the [[downward]] [[entrance]] [of [[Hades]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as Subst. [[broken]] [[water]], a [[waterfall]], Lat. [[cataracta]], Strab.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[kind]] of portcullis, Plut.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a sea-[[bird]], so called from [[rushing]] [[down]] [[upon]] its [[prey]], a [[gull]], Ar. | |||
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