arcuballista

Latin

Etymology

arcus (“bow”) +‎ ballista

Noun

arcuballista f (genitive arcuballistae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) A historic type of arrow shooting ballista.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arcuballista	arcuballistae
Genitive	arcuballistae	arcuballistārum
Dative	arcuballistae	arcuballistīs
Accusative	arcuballistam	arcuballistās
Ablative	arcuballistā	arcuballistīs
Vocative	arcuballista	arcuballistae

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: arbalista
  • Old French: arbaleste
    • French: arbalète
      • → Belarusian: арбалет (arbaljet)
      • → Bulgarian: арбалет (arbalet)
      • → Russian: арбалет (arbalet)
      • → Turkish: arbalet
      • → Ukrainian: арбалет (arbalet)
      • → Uzbek: arbalet
    • → Middle English: arblast
      • English: arbalest
  • → Middle Low German: armborst
    • → Old Norse: armbrist n, armbryst f
      • Danish: armbrøst
      • Icelandic: armbrysti, armbryst
      • Norwegian: armbrøst
      • Old Swedish: armborst
        • Swedish: armborst
  • → Middle High German: armbrust
    • Alemannic German: Armbruscht
    • German: Armbrust

References

• armborst in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• armborst in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
• “armbrøst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• armbrøst in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• “arcuballista” in Duden online