καταρράκτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=καταρράκτου (from [[καταρράσσω]]), or [[καταράκτης]] (from [[καταράσσω]], cf. Eust.1053.5);<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὦ κατᾰράκται ''Epigr.Gr.''979.7 (Philae).<br><span class="bld">I</span> as adjective, [[down-rushing]], [[ὄμβρος]] Str.14.1.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sheer]], [[abrupt]], τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν S.''OC''1590 (cf. Sch.; καταφράκτην Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ὀδός]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], [[waterfall]], [[cataract]], especially of the [[Nile]], D.S.1.32, 17.97, Str.17.1.2 and 49, ''Epigr.Gr.'' [[l.c.]]:—Ion. [[Καταρρήκτης]], name of a [[river]] in [[Phrygia]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[portcullis]], Plu.''Ant.''76, ''Arat.''26, D.H.8.67.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[trapdoor]], οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠνεῴχθησαν = the floodgates of the heavens were opened [[LXX]] ''Ge.''7.11, cf. ''4 Ki.''7.2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[movable bridge]], for [[board]]ing [[ship]]s, App.''BC''5.82; for [[attack]]ing [[elephant]]s, D.H.20.1.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[sluice]], Hld.9.8.<br><span class="bld">6</span> a [[seabird]], prob. so called from [[swoop]]ing down upon its [[prey]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''887, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''509a4, 615a28, Juba 68a, Dionys.''Av.''2.2, 3.22; [[cormorant]], Hebr. shālâkh, [[LXX]] ''De.''14.16(17), al.; of an [[eagle]], S.''Fr.''377; of the [[Harpies]], ib. 714.