Balista

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See also: balista, and balistą

Latin

Alternative forms

Ballista

Pronunciation

Balista: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/,
Balista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/,
- Homophone: balista
Balistā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.taː/,
Balistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.ta/,

Proper noun

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

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.

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