Balista

See also: balista and balistą

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ballista

Pronunciation

• Balista: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
• Balista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
  • Homophone: balista
• Balistā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.taː/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
• Balistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]

Proper noun

Balista f sg or m sg (genitive Balistae); first declension

1. A mountain in Liguria.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Balista
genitive	Balistae
dative	Balistae
accusative	Balistam
ablative	Balistā
vocative	Balista
locative	Balistae

References

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