Ballista

See also: ballista

Latin

Pronunciation

• Ballista: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
• Ballista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlist̪ä]
  • Homophone: ballista
• Ballistā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.taː/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
• Ballistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlist̪ä]

Proper noun

Ballista f sg (genitive Ballistae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Balista
2. vocative of Ballista

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ballista
Genitive	Ballistae
Dative	Ballistae
Accusative	Ballistam
Ablative	Ballistā
Vocative	Ballista
Locative	Ballistae

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Ballistā

1. ablative of Ballista

References

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