Cata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cata \Cat"a\ [Gr. kata`.]
     The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a
     prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or
     opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It
     sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is
     sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.


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