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καταρράκτης (katarraktēs) a dungeon ^G:N-M

καταρράκτης-της, ου

(from καταρράσσω), or κατ-ᾰράκτης (from καταράσσω, compare [Refs]; [Refs]

__I as adjective, down-rushing, [Refs 1st c.BC+].
__I.2 sheer, abrupt, [καταρράκτηςτην ὀδόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1590 (cf. Scholia; καταφράκτην Suidas Legal icographus [10th c.AD] see at {ὀδός}). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as substantive, waterfall, cataract, especially of the Nile, [Refs 1st c.BC+] — _Ionic dialect_ Καταρρήκτης, name of a river in Phrygia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 portcullis, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 trap-door, [Refs]
__II.4 movable bridge, for boarding ships, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.5 sluice, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.6 a sea-bird, probably so called from swooping down upon its prey, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cormorant, Hebrew shālâkh, [LXX], +others; of an eagle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Harpies, [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Deut.14.16*}