different between ballistae vs ballista

English

Noun

ballistae

1. plural of ballista

Latin

Noun

ballistae

1. nominative plural of ballista
2. genitive singular of ballista
3. dative singular of ballista
4. vocative plural of ballista

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek ????????? (ballístra), from ????? (báll?, “I throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??l?st?/

Noun

ballista (plural ballistas or ballistae or ballistæ)

1. (weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

Translations

See also

• catapult

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l?ist?/, [?b?l?is?t??]
• Rhymes: -?l?ist?
• Syllabification: bal?lis?ta

Noun

ballista

1. ballista (military engine)

Declension

See also

• varsijousi
• ballista on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

Latin

Alternative forms

• balista
• ballistra

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (ballístra), from ????? (báll?, “I throw”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bal?lis.ta/, [bäl??l??s?t?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bal?lis.ta/, [b?l?list??]
• Homophone: Ballista

Noun

ballista f (genitive ballistae); first declension

1. ballista

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• arcuballista
• ballist?rius
• 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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