catapulta

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin catapulta. Doublet of catapult. === Noun === catapulta (plural catapultae or catapultæ) A Roman catapult (weapon for launching projectiles). == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kə.təˈpul.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ka.taˈpul.ta] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin catapulta. ==== Noun ==== catapulta f (plural catapultes) catapult ===== Derived terms ===== catapultar === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== catapulta inflection of catapultar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “catapulta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Corsican == === Noun === catapulta f (plural catapulte) catapult ==== Related terms ==== catapultà === Further reading === “catapulta” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: catapultas, catapultât === Verb === catapulta third-person singular past historic of catapulter == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== catapulta f (plural catapulte) catapult staff sling === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== catapulta inflection of catapultare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.taˈpʊɫ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.taˈpul.ta] === Noun === catapulta f (genitive catapultae); first declension a catapult ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== catapultārius ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: catapulta → Corsican: catapulta → English: catapulta (learned) → German: Katapult → Italian: catapulta → Middle French: cacapulte, catapulte, cathapulte French: catapulte→ Romanian: catapultă → English: catapult → Polish: katapulta → Portuguese: catapulta → Spanish: catapulta === References === “catapulta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “catapulta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "catapulta", 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) “catapulta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “catapulta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “catapulta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”), from πάλλω (pállō, “to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧pul‧ta === Noun === catapulta f (plural catapultas) catapult ==== Related terms ==== catapultar trabuco, manganela, onagro === Further reading === “catapulta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “catapulta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French catapulter. By surface analysis, catapultă +‎ -a. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ta.pulˈta/ === Verb === a catapulta (third-person singular present catapultează, past participle catapultat) 1st conjugation to catapult ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “catapulta”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kataˈpulta/ [ka.t̪aˈpul̪.t̪a] Rhymes: -ulta Syllabification: ca‧ta‧pul‧ta === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs). ==== Noun ==== catapulta f (plural catapultas) catapult ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== catapulta inflection of catapultar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “catapulta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025