ballistarium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.um/, [bal.lɪsˈtaː.ri.ũ]
Etymology 1
From ballista (“ballista”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Alternative forms
Noun
ballistārium n (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension
- a ballista emplacement (the place where the ballista is worked)
- a ballista
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
| genitive | ballistāriī ballistārī1 |
ballistāriōrum |
| dative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| accusative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
| ablative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| vocative | ballistārium | ballistāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- ballistārĭum (balist-) in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ballistārĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “206/1”
- “ballistārium” on page 224/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Noun
ballistārium m
- accusative singular of ballistārius
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