balista
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Noun edit
balista (plural balistas or balistae)
- Alternative form of ballista
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Pronunciation edit
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balista m anim
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balista f (plural baliste)
Further reading edit
- balista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- balista: (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
- balista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
- balistā: (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.taː/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
- balistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
Noun edit
balista f (genitive balistae); first declension
- Alternative form of ballista
Declension edit
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
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balista f
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Declension of balista
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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
Noun edit
balista f (plural balistas)
- ballista (siege engine)
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balista f (plural balistas)
Further reading edit
- “balista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014