Ballista

See also: ballista

Latin

Pronunciation

• Ballista: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
• Ballista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlist̪ä]
  • Homophone: ballista
• Ballistā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.taː/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
• Ballistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/, [bälˈlist̪ä]

Proper noun

Ballista f sg (genitive Ballistae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Balista

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ballista
Genitive	Ballistae
Dative	Ballistae
Accusative	Ballistam
Ablative	Ballistā
Vocative	Ballista
Locative	Ballistae

References

• “Ballista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ballista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.