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
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...stabulantem invisitatae inmanitatis eumque magna totius exercitus conflictione balistis atque catapultis diu oppugnatum, eiusque interfecti corium longum pedes..."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..."
