I.a long vessel without a deck (in pure Latin, navis aperta; “only in Cic.): Navigavimus tardius propter aphractorum Rhodiorum imbecillitatem,” Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1: “detraxit viginti ipsos dies aphractus Rhodiorum,” id. ib. 6, 8, 4: “aphracta Rhodiorum habebam,” id. ib. 5, 11, 4; so id. ib. 5, 12, 1.
ā^phractus , i, f., or ā^phractum , i, n., = ἄφρακτος (uncovered, sc. ναῦς, hence),