ballistarius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ballistārius. === Noun === ballistarius (plural ballistarii) (obsolete) A crossbowman. ==== Alternative forms ==== balistarius == Latin == === Alternative forms === balistārius, ballistrārius === Etymology === ballista +‎ -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns of use) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bal.lɪsˈtaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bal.lisˈtaː.ri.us] === Noun === ballistārius m (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension One who makes ballistae One who operates a ballista, a slinger (medieval) bowman ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== ballistārius arcūs ==== Descendants ==== Old Galician-Portuguese: baesteiroGalician: besteiroPortuguese: besteiro Spanish: ballestero === References === “ballistārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ballistarius", 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) “ballistarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.