ballista

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈlɪstə/ Rhymes: -ɪstə === Noun === ballista (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 ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== catapult == Finnish == === Etymology === < Latin === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑlːistɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝lːis̠tɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑlːistɑ Syllabification(key): bal‧lis‧ta Hyphenation(key): bal‧lis‧ta === Noun === ballista ballista (military engine) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== varsijousi ballista on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi == Latin == === Alternative forms === balista ballistra === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [balˈlɪs.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [balˈlis.ta] Homophone: Ballista === Noun === ballista f (genitive ballistae); first declension ballista ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== arcuballista ballistārius ballistica carroballista ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== catapulta onager === 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, 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 == === Alternative forms === ballist (less common) === Noun === ballista c a ballista ==== Declension ==== === References === ballista in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)