phalarica
Dictionary entries
- Entry →phalarica, phalaricae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
heavy missile (orig. by siege tower catapult w/tow+pitch+fire); like hand spear;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...Quae tum igitur suppetierant, haec sunt: hasta, pilum, phalarica, semiphalarica, soliferrea, gaesa, lancea, spari, rumices, trifaces, tragulae, frameae..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iaculo vitam ille dedisset), sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica venit fulminis acta modo, quam nec duo taurea terga..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...volnerabantur nullo inter arma corporaque vano intercidente telo. Phalarica erat Saguntinis missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti..."