phalaricae
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;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...Quae tum igitur suppetierant, haec sunt: hasta, pilum, phalarica, semiphalarica, soliferrea, gaesa, lancea, spari, rumices, trifaces, tragulae, frameae..."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..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...volnerabantur nullo inter arma corporaque vano intercidente telo. Phalarica erat Saguntinis missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti..."