A.“ὦ κατα^ράκται” Epigr.Gr.979.7 (Philae).
I. as Adj., down-rushing, “ὄμβρος” Str.14.1.21.
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.
4. movable bridge, for boarding ships, App.BC5.82; 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.HA509a4, 615a28, Juba 68a, Dionys.Av.2.2, 3.22; cormorant, Hebr.shālâkh, LXXDe.14.16(17), al.; of an eagle, S.Fr.377; of the Harpies, ib. 714.