Κατάδουπος

crash, thud

Translated by David Whitehead18 Apr 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] a cataract, or a sound.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατάδουπος· καταρράκτης, ἢ ψόφος.

Betacode

*kata/doupos: katarra/kths, h)\ yo/fos.

Same or similar entry in other lexica.
LSJ recognises the headword only in the plural, designating (in Herodotus 2.17 and elsewhere) the noisy First Cataract of the R.Nile, at Elephantine/Syene (present-day Aswan; cf. Barrington Atlas map 81 grid C1). See albumen print by Frank Mason Good, taken between 1856 and 1860, at web address 1.
cf. delta 1426.