balista

See also: Balista

English

Noun

balista (plural balistas or balistae)

1. Alternative form of ballista

Anagrams

• Baalist

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balɪsta/

Noun

1. ballista

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈli.sta/

Noun

balista f (plural baliste)

1. ballista

Anagrams

• basalti

Further reading

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

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Latin

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]

Noun

balista f (genitive balistae); first declension

1. Alternative form of ballista
2. vocative singular of balista

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	balista	balistae
Genitive	balistae	balistārum
Dative	balistae	balistīs
Accusative	balistam	balistās
Ablative	balistā	balistīs
Vocative	balista	balistae

Noun

(deprecated template usage) balistā

1. ablative singular of balista

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

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Polish

rekonstrukcja balisty

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/

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Noun

balista f

1. 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

Related terms

• balistyka

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ballista, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ˈlis.ta/

Noun

balista f (plural s)

1. ballista (siege engine)

Related terms

• besta, manganela

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Spanish

Noun

balista f (plural balistas)

1. ballista