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cataphractus

cataphractus · adj

mailed

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 1 · 0.61/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

cătăphractus — Lewis & Short

cătăphractus, a, um, adj., = kata/fraktos,

I mailed, in mail (of soldiers and their horses), Sall. ap. Non. p. 556, 16 sq. (id. H. 4, 57 Dietsch).—As subst.: cătă-phracti, ōrum, m., mailed soldiers, Sisenn. ap. Non. 1. 1.: loricatos, quos cataphractos vocant, Liv. 35, 48, 3; 37, 40, 5 al.; Prop. 3 (4), 12, 12; Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 770; Front. Princ. Hist. 5, p. 247 Nieb.; Inscr. Orell. 804.

In the wild

cataphracto Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.37.42.7
cataphractus Propertius, Elegiae 3.12.12
cataphracto Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 p32

Where it came from

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