ballista
See also: Ballista
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ballista, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ballista (plural ballistas or ballistae or ballistæ)
- An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.
Translations
crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles
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See also
Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
ballista
- ballista (military engine)
Declension
Inflection of ballista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ballista | ballistat | ||
genitive | ballistan | ballistojen | ||
partitive | ballistaa | ballistoja | ||
illative | ballistaan | ballistoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ballista | ballistat | ||
accusative | nom. | ballista | ballistat | |
gen. | ballistan | |||
genitive | ballistan | ballistojen ballistainrare | ||
partitive | ballistaa | ballistoja | ||
inessive | ballistassa | ballistoissa | ||
elative | ballistasta | ballistoista | ||
illative | ballistaan | ballistoihin | ||
adessive | ballistalla | ballistoilla | ||
ablative | ballistalta | ballistoilta | ||
allative | ballistalle | ballistoille | ||
essive | ballistana | ballistoina | ||
translative | ballistaksi | ballistoiksi | ||
abessive | ballistatta | ballistoitta | ||
instructive | — | ballistoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
- varsijousi
- ballista on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlist̪ä]
- Homophone: Ballista
Noun
ballista f (genitive ballistae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ballista | ballistae |
Genitive | ballistae | ballistārum |
Dative | ballistae | ballistīs |
Accusative | ballistam | ballistās |
Ablative | ballistā | ballistīs |
Vocative | ballista | ballistae |
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “ballista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ballista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ballista 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)
- ballista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ballista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ballista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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- English 3-syllable words
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- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
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- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlːistɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlːistɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Weapons
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