βαλλίστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bal.lís.traː/ → /βalˈlis.tra/ → /vaˈlis.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bal.lís.traː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βalˈlis.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /valˈlis.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈlis.tra/

Noun

βαλλίστρᾱ • (ballístrā) f (genitive βαλλίστρᾱς); first declension

1. catapult, engine of war

Declension

First declension of ἡ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ; τῆς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ hē băllĭ́strā	τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ tṑ băllĭ́strā	αἱ βᾰλλῐ́στραι hai băllĭ́strai
Genitive	τῆς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς tês băllĭ́strās	τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν toîn băllĭ́strain	τῶν βᾰλλῐστρῶν tôn băllĭstrôn
Dative	τῇ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾳ tēî băllĭ́strāi	τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν toîn băllĭ́strain	ταῖς βᾰλλῐ́στραις taîs băllĭ́strais
Accusative	τὴν βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱν tḕn băllĭ́strān	τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ tṑ băllĭ́strā	τᾱ̀ς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς tā̀s băllĭ́strās
Vocative	βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ băllĭ́strā	βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ băllĭ́strā	βᾰλλῐ́στραι băllĭ́strai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: βαλλίστρα (vallístra)
• Latin: ballista (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• βαλλίστρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• βαλλίστρα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “βαλλίστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlis.tra/

Noun

βαλλίστρα • (vallístra) f (plural βαλλίστρες)

1. crossbow
2. ballista

Declension

Declension of βαλλίστρα

	singular	plural
nominative	βαλλίστρα (vallístra)	βαλλίστρες (vallístres)
genitive	βαλλίστρας (vallístras)	βαλλιστρών (vallistrón)
accusative	βαλλίστρα (vallístra)	βαλλίστρες (vallístres)
vocative	βαλλίστρα (vallístra)	βαλλίστρες (vallístres)

Further reading

• βαλλίστρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el