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balistis

Dictionary entries

  • balista, balistae:

    Feminine · Noun · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Military

    = ballista, large military engine for throwing stones and missiles;

    Entry →
    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..."

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