ballistia

Latin

Alternative forms

• balistia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ti.a/, [bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ti.a/, [bälˈlist̪iä]

Noun

ballistia n pl (genitive ballistiōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) music or songs accompanying dancing

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	ballistia
genitive	ballistiōrum
dative	ballistiīs
accusative	ballistia
ablative	ballistiīs
vocative	ballistia

References

• “ballistĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ballistĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 206/1.