Strong G7909καταρράκτης
a dungeon
- Transliteration
- katarraktēs
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
1. as adjective down-rushing , τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν (attic for οὐδόν); to the downward entrance [of Hades, Refs 5th c.BC]
2. as Substantive broken water, a waterfall , Lat. cataracta, (Strabo Geographus)
3. a kind of portcullis , (Plutarch)
4. a sea-bird, so called from rushing down upon its prey, a gull , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
2. as Substantive broken water, a waterfall , Lat. cataracta, (Strabo Geographus)
3. a kind of portcullis , (Plutarch)
4. a sea-bird, so called from rushing down upon its prey, a gull , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)