καταρράκτης
katarraktēsNoun (Masculine)G7909
a dungeon
Full Lexicon Entry
1.as adjective down-rushing, *τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν *(attic for οὐδόν); to the downward entrance [of Hades, th 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)
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)
Morphology G:N-M
DescriptionGreek Noun, Masculine
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