ballista
See also: Ballista
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editballista (plural ballistas or ballistae or ballistæ)
- (weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcrossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles
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See also
editFinnish
editEtymology
edit< Latin
Pronunciation
editNoun
editballista
- ballista (military engine)
Declension
editInflection 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 ballistain rare | |
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
edit- varsijousi
- ballista on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlist̪ä]
- Homophone: Ballista
Noun
editballista f (genitive ballistae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-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
editDescendants
editDescendants of ballista in other languages
- Asturian: ballesta
- Catalan: ballesta
- → Czech: balista
- → English: ballista
- → Finnish: ballista
- French: baliste
- Galician: bestra
- ⇒ Galician: balistrón, balastrón
- Italian: balista, balestra
- → Portuguese: balestra
- Old Galician-Portuguese: baesta
- Old Spanish: ballesta
- Spanish: ballesta
- Sicilian: balistra, balestra
- → Polish: balista
- → Portuguese: balista
- → Romanian: balistă
- → Russian: балли́ста (ballísta)
- → Spanish: balista
- → Swedish: ballista
See also
editReferences
edit- “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
Swedish
editAlternative forms
edit- ballist (less common)
Noun
editballista c
- a ballista
- Ballistor skjuter stora pilar
- Ballistas fire large arrows
Declension
editDeclension of ballista | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ballista | ballistan | ballistor | ballistorna |
Genitive | ballistas | ballistans | ballistors | ballistornas |
References
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Weapons
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Artillery
- 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
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with homophones
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Weapons
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples