waterfall Copy link Outline 1. dejectus aquae (the falling of water)2. desiliens aqua3. *cătăracta (in class. Lat. only of the Falls of the Nile, but used once in Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4 of a sluice, flood-gate). • waterfall: 1. dejectus aquae (the falling of water): Sen. Ep. 56, 3. 2. desiliens aqua: a place wet with much spray from a lofty w., locus aspergine multa uvidus ex alto desilientis aquae, Ov. F. 4, 427: cf. a description of an artificial cascade in Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24. 3. *cătăracta (in class. Lat. only of the Falls of the Nile, but used once in Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4 of a sluice, flood-gate).