Gloss: a dungeon
Transliteration: katarraktēs
Strong’s: G7909
1. as adjective down-rushing , τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδόν (attic for οὐδόν); to the downward entrance [of Hades, <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Sophocles Tragicus">Refs 5th c.BC</a>]
2. as Substantive broken water, a waterfall , Lat. cataracta, (Strabo Geographus)
3. a kind of portcullis , (Plutarch)
4. a sea-bird, so called from rushing down upon its prey, a gull , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
2. as Substantive broken water, a waterfall , Lat. cataracta, (Strabo Geographus)
3. a kind of portcullis , (Plutarch)
4. a sea-bird, so called from rushing down upon its prey, a gull , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)