καταρράκτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου (from [[καταρράσσω]]), or κατ-ᾰράκτης (from [[καταράσσω]], cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1053.5</span>); <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὦ κατᾰράκται <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>979.7 (Philae). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> as Adj., [[down-rushing]], ὄμβρος <span class="bibl">Str.14.1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[sheer]], [[abrupt]], τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1590</span> (cf. Sch.; καταφράκτην Suid. s.v. [[ὀδός]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., [[waterfall]], [[cataract]], esp. of the Nile, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.32</span>, <span class="bibl">17.97</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.2</span> and <span class="bibl">49</span>, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span> l.c.:—Ion. Καταρρήκτης, name of a river in Phrygia, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[portcullis]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>76</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Arat.</span>26</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.8.67</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[trap-door]], οἱ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠνεῴχθησαν <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>7.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">4 Ki.</span>7.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[movable bridge]], for boarding ships, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.82</span>; for attacking elephants, <span class="bibl">D.H.20.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[sluice]], <span class="bibl">Hld.9.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> a sea-bird, prob. so called from [[swooping down]] upon its prey, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>887</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>509a4</span>, <span class="bibl">615a28</span>, Juba <span class="bibl">68a</span>, <span class="bibl">Dionys.<span class="title">Av.</span>2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">3.22</span>; [[cormorant]], Hebr.[[shālâkh]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">De.</span>14.16(17)</span>, al.; of an eagle, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>377</span>; of the Harpies, ib. <span class="bibl">714</span>.</span>