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cătăracta (also cătarracta ), ae, f. (cătarractes , ae, m., Plin. and Sol.;
I. Lit., a waterfall, in gen.; the waterfalls of the Euphrates, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85.—Hence,
B. Meton. and κατ̓ ἐξοχήυ, the celebrated fall of the Nile on the southern borders of Egypt, the Cataract: “novissimo catarracte,Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.—Acc. catarracten, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 59; Sol. 32: “pervenit ad cataractam,Vitr. 8, 2, 6.—Plur. fem.: “cataractae, nobilis insigni spectaculo locus,Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 4: “praecipites cataractae,Luc. 10, 317; Amm. 22, 15, 9.—
II. In milit. lang., a drawbridge, portcullis, Veg. Mil. 4, 4; Liv. 27, 28, 10 and 11.—
III. A water-sluice, floodgate, Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 4; Rutil. 1, 481 Zumpt.—
IV. A waterbird (that pounces down quickly), Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 8.2.6
    • Lucan, Civil War, 10.317
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.54
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.59
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 28.10
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