balista

See also: Balista and balistą

English

Noun

balista (plural balistas or balistae)

1. Alternative form of ballista.

Anagrams

• Baalist

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin balista, variant form of ballista. Doublet of ballesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈlis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈlis.ta]

Noun

balista f (plural balistes)

1. (historical) ballista

Hypernyms

• giny

Derived terms

• balístic

Further reading

• “balista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalɪsta]

Noun

balista m anim

1. ballista

Declension

Declension of balista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	balista	balisté, balisti
genitive	balisty	balistů
dative	balistovi	balistům
accusative	balistu	balisty
vocative	balisto	balisté, balisti
locative	balistovi	balistech
instrumental	balistou	balisty

Further reading

• “balista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “balista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: ba‧lì‧sta

Noun

balista f (plural baliste)

1. ballista

Further reading

• balista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• basalti

Latin

Pronunciation

• balista: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [baˈlɪs.ta]
• balista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [baˈlis.t̪a]
  • Homophone: Balista
• balistā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [baˈlɪs.taː]
• balistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [baˈlis.t̪a]

Noun

balista f (genitive balistae); first declension

1. alternative form of ballista

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	balista	balistae
genitive	balistae	balistārum
dative	balistae	balistīs
accusative	balistam	balistās
ablative	balistā	balistīs
vocative	balista	balistae

References

• “balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "balista", 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)
• “balista”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “balista”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta

Noun

balista f

1. (weaponry, historical) ballista

Declension

Declension of balista

	singular	plural
nominative	balista	balisty
genitive	balisty	balist
dative	baliście	balistom
accusative	balistę	balisty
instrumental	balistą	balistami
locative	baliście	balistach
vocative	balisto	balisty

Derived terms

adjectives

• balistokardiograficzny
• balistyczny

nouns

• balistokardiograf
• balistokardiografia
• balistokardiogram
• balistyk
• balistyka
• balistyt

Further reading

• balista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of besta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈliʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧lis‧ta

Noun

balista f (plural balistas)

1. ballista (siege engine)

Related terms

• besta, manganela

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlista/ [baˈlis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta

Noun

balista f (plural balistas)

1. ballista

Further reading

• “balista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024