ballistarium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.um/, [bälːʲɪs̠ˈt̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈta.ri.um/, [bälːisˈt̪äːrium]
Etymology 1
From ballista (“ballista”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Alternative forms
Noun
ballistārium n (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension
- a ballista emplacement (the place where the ballista is worked)
- a ballista
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
| Genitive | ballistāriī ballistārī1 |
ballistāriōrum |
| Dative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| Accusative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
| Ablative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| Vocative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “ballistārĭum (balist-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ballistārĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “206/1”
- “ballistārium” on page 224/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
(deprecated template usage) ballistārium m