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καταρράκτης

καταρράκτης, down-rushing; (subst.) waterfall, sluice, movable bridge

καταρράκ-της, ου (from καταρράσσω), or κατ-ᾰράκτης (from καταράσσω, cf. Eust. 1053.5); ὦ κατᾰράκται Epigr.Gr. 979.7 (Philae).
    • I as Adj., down-rushing, ὄμβρος Str. 14.1.21.
      • 2 sheer, abrupt, τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν S. OC 1590 (cf. Sch.; καταφράκτην Suid. s.v. ὀδός).
    • II as Subst., waterfall, cataract, esp. of the Nile, D.S. 1.32, 17.97, Str. 17.1.2 and 49, Epigr.Gr. l.c.:—Ion. Καταρρήκτης, name of a river in Phrygia, Hdt. 7.26.
      • 2 portcullis, Plu. Ant. 76, Arat. 26, D.H. 8.67.
      • 3 trap-door, οἱ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἠνεῴχθησαν LXX Ge. 7.11, cf. 4 Ki. 7.2.
      • 4 movable bridge, for boarding ships, App. BC 5.82; for attacking elephants, D.H. 20.1.
      • 5 sluice, Hld. 9.8.
      • 6 a sea-bird, prob. so called from swooping down upon its prey, Ar. Av. 887, Arist. HA 509a4, 615a28, Juba 68a, Dionys. Av. 2.2, 3.22; cormorant, Hebr. shālâkh, LXX De. 14.16(17), al.; of an eagle, S. Fr. 377; of the Harpies, ib. 714.

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