Balista

See also: balista

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ballista

Pronunciation

• Balista: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
• Balista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
  • Homophone: balista
• Balistā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.taː/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
• Balistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]

Proper noun

Balista f sg (genitive Balistae); first declension

1. A mountain in Liguria.
2. vocative of Balista

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Balista
Genitive	Balistae
Dative	Balistae
Accusative	Balistam
Ablative	Balistā
Vocative	Balista
Locative	Balistae

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Balistā

1. ablative of Balista

References

• “Balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Balista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.