balista
English
editNoun
editbalista (plural balistas or balistae)
- Alternative form of ballista
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editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbalista m anim
Declension
editFurther reading
editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbalista f (plural baliste)
Further reading
edit- balista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- balista: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
- balista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
- balistā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /baˈlis.taː/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
- balistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
Noun
editbalista f (genitive balistae); first declension
- Alternative form of ballista
Declension
editFirst-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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbalista f
Declension
editDeclension of balista
Derived terms
editadjectives
nouns
Further reading
edit- balista in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of besta.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editbalista f (plural balistas)
- ballista (siege engine)
Related terms
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbalista f (plural balistas)
Further reading
edit- “balista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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