aphractus

From Ancient Greek ἄφρακτος (áphraktos, “undefended”) (ναῦς (naûs, “ship”)), from ἀ- (a-) + φράκτης (phráktēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈpʰrak.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈfrak.t̪us] (with a light first syllable)
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apʰˈrak.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [afˈrak.t̪us] (with a heavy first syllable)

aphractus m (genitive aphractī); second declension

1. An open boat (vessel with no deck)

Second-declension noun.

• “aphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aphractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aphractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aphractus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aphractus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin