cataphractes

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταφράκτης (kataphráktēs, “protector, coat of mail”), from καταφράσσειν (kataphrássein, “to fortify, to protect”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.taˈpʰrak.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.taˈfrak.tes] === Noun === cataphractēs m (genitive cataphractae); first declension a coat of mail with iron scales Alternative form: cataphracta ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Related terms ==== cataphractus === References === “cataphractes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cataphractes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers