balista
See also: Balista and balistą
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balɪsta/
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈli.sta/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: ba‧lì‧sta
Further reading
- balista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- balista: (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
- balista: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
- Homophone: Balista
- balistā: (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.taː/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
- balistā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | balista | balistae |
| Genitive | balistae | balistārum |
| Dative | balistae | balistīs |
| Accusative | balistam | balistās |
| Ablative | balistā | balistīs |
| Vocative | balista | balistae |
References
- “balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- balista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- balista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “balista”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of besta.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈlis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baˈliʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈlis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈliʃ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: ba‧lis‧ta
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈlista/ [baˈlis.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta
Further reading
- “balista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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