ballistarium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.um/, [bälːʲɪs̠ˈt̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bal.lisˈta.ri.um/, [bälːisˈt̪äːrium]

Etymology 1

From ballista (“ballista”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Alternative forms

• bālistārium

Noun

ballistārium n (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension

1. a ballista emplacement (the place where the ballista is worked)
2. a ballista

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ballistārium	ballistāria
Genitive	ballistāriī ballistārī1	ballistāriōrum
Dative	ballistāriō	ballistāriīs
Accusative	ballistārium	ballistāria
Ablative	ballistāriō	ballistāriīs
Vocative	ballistārium	ballistāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “ballistārĭum (balist-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ballistārĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “206/1”
• “ballistārium” on page 224/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ballistārium m

1. accusative singular of ballistārius