† catadupen.

Forms: Also 1600s -doup, -dupa.

Etymology: < French catadoupe, catadupe, < Latin catadūpa (plural), < Greek κατάδουποι (plural) the cataracts of the Nile, < κατά down + δοῦπος thud, heavy sound of falling, δουπεῖν to sound heavy, fall with a thud. (But see Liddell and Scott.)

Obsolete.

1. A cataract or waterfall, originally those of the Nile.

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the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cataract

cataphracta1586

catadupe1596

cataract1597

Niagara1828

1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie Sien of my science in the catadupe of my knowledge, I nourish the crocodile of thy conceit.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 142 In the River Cann in this County, there be two Catadupæ or Waterfalls.

1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xi. 111 At Kilgarran upon the Tivy..is a Catadoup, or very high Cataract.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xxxiv The Catadupes of the Nile in Ethiopia.

1755 J. Ismay in Yorks. Notes & Queries (1888) 1 206 The dams across the river are in the nature of Cataracts, and are a sort of catadupes.

2. plural. [ < Latin Catadūpi.] The dwellers by the cataracts of the Nile.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun]

Numidian?a1425

Nubianc1450

Massylian1606

catadupes1607

Mauritanian1607

Marmarican1627

Niam-Niam1861

Watusi1863

Zande1873

Twa1878

Tutsi1929

Cyrenaican1942

Ubangi1953

Chadian1960

Saharan1970

Sahrawi1976

1607 T. Tomkis Lingua iii. vii. (R.) The Egyptian Catadupes never heard the roaring of the fall of Nilus because the noise was so familiar unto them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	catadupe
释义	† catadupen. Forms: Also 1600s -doup, -dupa. Etymology: < French catadoupe, catadupe, < Latin catadūpa (plural), < Greek κατάδουποι (plural) the cataracts of the Nile, < κατά down + δοῦπος thud, heavy sound of falling, δουπεῖν to sound heavy, fall with a thud. (But see Liddell and Scott.) Obsolete. 1. A cataract or waterfall, originally those of the Nile. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cataract cataphracta1586 catadupe1596 cataract1597 Niagara1828 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie Sien of my science in the catadupe of my knowledge, I nourish the crocodile of thy conceit. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 142 In the River Cann in this County, there be two Catadupæ or Waterfalls. 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xi. 111 At Kilgarran upon the Tivy..is a Catadoup, or very high Cataract. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xxxiv The Catadupes of the Nile in Ethiopia. 1755 J. Ismay in Yorks. Notes & Queries (1888) 1 206 The dams across the river are in the nature of Cataracts, and are a sort of catadupes. 2. plural. [ < Latin Catadūpi.] The dwellers by the cataracts of the Nile. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun] Numidian?a1425 Nubianc1450 Massylian1606 catadupes1607 Mauritanian1607 Marmarican1627 Niam-Niam1861 Watusi1863 Zande1873 Twa1878 Tutsi1929 Cyrenaican1942 Ubangi1953 Chadian1960 Saharan1970 Sahrawi1976 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua iii. vii. (R.) The Egyptian Catadupes never heard the roaring of the fall of Nilus because the noise was so familiar unto them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1596
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