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
- A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...inmanitatis eumque magna totius exercitus conflictione balistis atque catapultis diu oppugnatum, eiusque interfecti corium longum pedes centum..." - G
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..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...superans altitudine, agebatur hortator aderat. Quae cum admota catapultis ballistisque per omnia tabulata dispositis muros defensoribus nudasset..."