ballistarius
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ballistārius.
Noun
[edit]ballistarius (plural ballistarii)
- (obsolete) A crossbowman.
Alternative forms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ballista + -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns of use)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.us/, [bälːʲɪs̠ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈta.ri.us/, [bälːisˈt̪äːrius]
Noun
[edit]ballistārius m (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ballistārius | ballistāriī |
Genitive | ballistāriī ballistārī1 |
ballistāriōrum |
Dative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
Accusative | ballistārium | ballistāriōs |
Ablative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
Vocative | ballistārie | ballistāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Galician-Portuguese: baesteiro
- Spanish: ballestero
References
[edit]- “ballistārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ballistarius 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)
- ballistarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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