ballistarium
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== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bal.lɪsˈtaː.ri.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bal.lisˈtaː.ri.um]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From ballista (“ballista”) + -ārium (“place for”).
==== Alternative forms ====
bālistārium
==== 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).
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 ====
ballistārium m
accusative singular of ballistārius