balistis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →balista, balistae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
ballista, large military engine for throwing stones and missiles;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...stabulantem invisitatae inmanitatis eumque magna totius exercitus conflictione balistis atque catapultis diu oppugnatum, eiusque interfecti corium longum pedes..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...turribus auctas agit per amnem catapultisque et balistis proturbat barbaros, in quo[s] saxa et hastae longius permeabant..."
