Ballista

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See also: ballista

Latin

Pronunciation

Ballista: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/,
Ballista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/,
- Homophone: ballista
Ballistā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.taː/,
Ballistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈlis.ta/,

Proper noun

Ballista f sg or m sg (genitive Ballistae); first declension

Alternative form of Balista

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ballista
genitive	Ballistae
dative	Ballistae
accusative	Ballistam
ablative	Ballistā
vocative	Ballista
locative	Ballistae

References

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

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