ballistarium
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.um/, [bälːʲɪs̠ˈt̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈta.ri.um/, [bälːisˈt̪äːrium]
Etymology 1
[edit]From ballista (“ballista”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]ballistārium n (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension
- a ballista emplacement (the place where the ballista is worked)
- a ballista
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
| genitive | ballistāriī ballistārī1 |
ballistāriōrum |
| dative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| accusative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
| ablative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| vocative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “ballistārĭum (balist-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ballistārĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “206/1”
- “ballistārium” on page 224/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]ballistārium m