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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 [[substantive]] [[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.