Latin

Noun

cataracta f ‎(genitive cataractae); first declension

1. waterfall
2. drawbridge, portcullis

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: cataract

References

• cataracta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cataracta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CATARACTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cataracta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cataracta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cataracta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• cataracta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin