cataphract
Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse…Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
(historical)A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
Kataphrakt
катафракта́рийkatafraktárij
катафрактаріїkatafraktariji
A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
(broadly, obsolete)An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
- armor that protects the wearer's whole body
Translations
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Origin
From Latin cataphractes (“suit of armour”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos,From Latin cataphractes (“suit of armour”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “suit of armour”), from κατα- (kata-, prefix indicating a great degree or intensity) + φρακτός (phraktós, “protected; fenced in”) (from φράσσω (phrássō, “to fortify, secure; to fence in”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being).
The adjective is derived from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”), from καταφράσσειν (kataphrássein, “to suit in armour”) (see further at etymology 1) + -τος (-tos, “suffix forming adjectives”).
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Forms
plural: cataphracts| Singular | cataphract |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- armor that protects the wearer's whole body:body armorbody armoursuit of armorsuit of armourcoat of mail