See also: Balista and balistą

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balista (plural balistas or balistae)

  1. Alternative form of ballista

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Pronunciation edit

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balista m anim

  1. ballista

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Further reading edit

  • balista in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • balista in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baˈli.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lì‧sta

Noun edit

balista f (plural baliste)

  1. ballista

Further reading edit

  • balista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin edit

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balista f (genitive balistae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of ballista

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative balista balistae
Genitive balistae balistārum
Dative balistae balistīs
Accusative balistam balistās
Ablative balistā balistīs
Vocative balista balistae

References edit

  • balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • balista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • balista”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta

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balista f

  1. (weaponry, historical) ballista

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading edit

  • balista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, to throw). Doublet of besta.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lis‧ta

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balista f (plural balistas)

  1. ballista (siege engine)

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Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baˈlista/ [baˈlis.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta

Noun edit

balista f (plural balistas)

  1. ballista

Further reading edit