catapultis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →catapulta, catapultae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
catapult, an engine which shot large arrow/bolt/missile; missile itself (L+S);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...inmanitatis eumque magna totius exercitus conflictione balistis atque catapultis diu oppugnatum, eiusque interfecti corium longum pedes centum..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...tela tormentis immissa tabulationem perfringerent, aut saxa ex catapultis latericium discuterent. Storias autem ex funibus ancorariis tres..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...superans altitudine, agebatur hortator aderat. Quae cum admota catapultis ballistisque per omnia tabulata dispositis muros defensoribus nudasset..."