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Ballista, Circa 50 B.C.E.

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Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, I throw).

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ballista (plural ballistas or ballistae or ballistæ)

  1. (weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

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Finnish

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< Latin

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑlːistɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝lːis̠tɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːistɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): bal‧lis‧ta

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ballista

  1. ballista (military engine)

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Inflection of ballista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative ballista ballistat
genitive ballistan ballistojen
partitive ballistaa ballistoja
illative ballistaan ballistoihin
singular plural
nominative ballista ballistat
accusative nom. ballista ballistat
gen. ballistan
genitive ballistan ballistojen
ballistain rare
partitive ballistaa ballistoja
inessive ballistassa ballistoissa
elative ballistasta ballistoista
illative ballistaan ballistoihin
adessive ballistalla ballistoilla
ablative ballistalta ballistoilta
allative ballistalle ballistoille
essive ballistana ballistoina
translative ballistaksi ballistoiksi
abessive ballistatta ballistoitta
instructive ballistoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ballista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ballistani ballistani
accusative nom. ballistani ballistani
gen. ballistani
genitive ballistani ballistojeni
ballistaini rare
partitive ballistaani ballistojani
inessive ballistassani ballistoissani
elative ballistastani ballistoistani
illative ballistaani ballistoihini
adessive ballistallani ballistoillani
ablative ballistaltani ballistoiltani
allative ballistalleni ballistoilleni
essive ballistanani ballistoinani
translative ballistakseni ballistoikseni
abessive ballistattani ballistoittani
instructive
comitative ballistoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ballistasi ballistasi
accusative nom. ballistasi ballistasi
gen. ballistasi
genitive ballistasi ballistojesi
ballistaisi rare
partitive ballistaasi ballistojasi
inessive ballistassasi ballistoissasi
elative ballistastasi ballistoistasi
illative ballistaasi ballistoihisi
adessive ballistallasi ballistoillasi
ablative ballistaltasi ballistoiltasi
allative ballistallesi ballistoillesi
essive ballistanasi ballistoinasi
translative ballistaksesi ballistoiksesi
abessive ballistattasi ballistoittasi
instructive
comitative ballistoinesi

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, I throw).

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ballista f (genitive ballistae); first declension

  1. ballista

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ballista ballistae
genitive ballistae ballistārum
dative ballistae ballistīs
accusative ballistam ballistās
ablative ballistā ballistīs
vocative ballista ballistae

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  • ballista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ballista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "ballista", 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)
  • ballista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ballista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ballista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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en ballista

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ballista c

  1. a ballista
    Ballistor skjuter stora pilar
    Ballistas fire large arrows

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