βαλλίστρα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bal.lís.traː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /balˈlis.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βalˈlis.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /valˈlis.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈlis.tra/
Noun
βαλλίστρᾱ • (ballístrā) f (genitive βαλλίστρᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ hē ballístrā |
τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ tṑ ballístrā |
αἱ βᾰλλῐ́στραι hai ballístrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς tês ballístrās |
τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν toîn ballístrain |
τῶν βᾰλλῐστρῶν tôn ballistrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾳ têi ballístrāi |
τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν toîn ballístrain |
ταῖς βᾰλλῐ́στραις taîs ballístrais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱν tḕn ballístrān |
τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ tṑ ballístrā |
τᾱ̀ς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς tā̀s ballístrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ ballístrā |
βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ ballístrā |
βᾰλλῐ́στραι ballístrai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- βαλλίστρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “βαλλίστρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “βαλλίστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)
Pronunciation
Noun
βαλλίστρα • (vallístra) f (plural βαλλίστρες)
Declension
Declension of βαλλίστρα
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βαλλίστρα • | βαλλίστρες • |
| genitive | βαλλίστρας • | βαλλιστρών • |
| accusative | βαλλίστρα • | βαλλίστρες • |
| vocative | βαλλίστρα • | βαλλίστρες • |
Further reading
βαλλίστρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
