catapeltic

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (kătăpeltĭkós, “of or for a catapult”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (Kătăpeltĭkós) is derived from κᾰτᾰπέλτης (kătăpéltēs) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns); while κᾰτᾰπέλτης (kătăpéltēs) is a literary form of κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης (kătăpắltēs, “catapult; torture instrument”), from κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-, prefix meaning ‘against’) + πάλλω (pállō, “to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown; to brandish a weapon; (passive) to swing or dash oneself”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming masculine agent nouns). The noun is derived from the adjective. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kă'təpĕlʹtĭk, IPA(key): /ˌkætəˈpɛltɪk/ Rhymes: -ɛltɪk Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧pelt‧ic === Adjective === catapeltic (not comparable) (military, weaponry, archaic) Pertaining to a catapult or catapults. Synonym: catapultic ==== Related terms ==== catapult catapultic ==== Translations ==== === Noun === catapeltic (plural catapeltics) (military, weaponry, obsolete, rare) A catapult. === References === === Further reading === catapult on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === cataleptic