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Catadūpa

τὰ Κατάδουπα and οἱ Κατάδουποι). A name given to the cataracts of the Nile, and also to the parts of Aethiopia in their neighbourhood (Herod.ii. 17). The Latin word is used as a neuter plural. See Nilus.

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    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.17
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