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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌkætəˈpɛltɪk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catapeltic.wav
enPR: kă'təpĕlʹtĭk [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɛltɪk Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm The adjective is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (katapeltikós, “of or for a catapult”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (Katapeltikós) is derived from κᾰτᾰπέλτης (katapéltēs) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns); while κᾰτᾰπέλτης (katapéltēs) is a literary form of κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης (katapáltēs, “catapult; torture instrument”), from κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, prefix meaning ‘against’) + πάλλω (pállō, “to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown; to brandish a weapon; (passive) to swing or dash oneself”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming masculine agent nouns). The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|ḱóm}} PIE word *ḱóm, {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel-|*-kos|id=beat}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{lbor|en|grc|κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός|nocap=1|t=of or for a catapult}} learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (katapeltikós, “of or for a catapult”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|literary}} literary, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*pel-|t=to beat; to drive; to push}} Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”), {{glossary|masculine}} masculine, {{glossary|agent noun}} agent noun, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} catapeltic (not comparable)
  1. (military, weaponry, archaic) Pertaining to a catapult or catapults. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Military, Weapons Synonyms: catapultic Related terms: catapult, catapultic Translations (pertaining to a catapult or catapults — see also catapultic): catapeltique [feminine] (French), catapeltico (Spanish), blifyrol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-catapeltic-en-adj-4AMjDwjH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 64 36 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkætəˈpɛltɪk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catapeltic.wav Forms: catapeltics [plural]
enPR: kă'təpĕlʹtĭk [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɛltɪk Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm The adjective is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (katapeltikós, “of or for a catapult”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (Katapeltikós) is derived from κᾰτᾰπέλτης (katapéltēs) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns); while κᾰτᾰπέλτης (katapéltēs) is a literary form of κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης (katapáltēs, “catapult; torture instrument”), from κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, prefix meaning ‘against’) + πάλλω (pállō, “to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown; to brandish a weapon; (passive) to swing or dash oneself”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming masculine agent nouns). The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|ḱóm}} PIE word *ḱóm, {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel-|*-kos|id=beat}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{lbor|en|grc|κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός|nocap=1|t=of or for a catapult}} learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰπελτῐκός (katapeltikós, “of or for a catapult”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|literary}} literary, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*pel-|t=to beat; to drive; to push}} Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”), {{glossary|masculine}} masculine, {{glossary|agent noun}} agent noun, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-noun}} catapeltic (plural catapeltics)
  1. (military, weaponry, obsolete, rare) A catapult. Tags: obsolete, rare Categories (topical): Military, Weapons
    Sense id: en-catapeltic-en-noun-fIhJhS5b Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Has not the pulpit, which was ordained to the exhibition of Christ crucified as the Healer of human woe, been made the arena of inflammatory debate, the platform of catapeltic controversy, destructive rather than conservative, more the instrument of the Furies than of the Graces?",
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          "text": "It missed the other's jaw by two inches, that catapeltic blow—striking him full in the mouth, breaking his yellow teeth and smashing his thick lips so that the blood sprang out in a spray over his hairy chest, and as his head rocked backward David followed with a swift left-hander, and a second time missed the jaw with his right—but drenched his clenched fist in blood.",
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          "text": "That artillery which afterward so much promoted the victories of the Roman armies, machinery for shooting darts and stones of size far beyond the strength of man's arm to throw, (Diodorus [Siculus] calls it the catapeltic) was now either invented, or first perfected, so as to be valuable for practice.",
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          "text": "Has not the pulpit, which was ordained to the exhibition of Christ crucified as the Healer of human woe, been made the arena of inflammatory debate, the platform of catapeltic controversy, destructive rather than conservative, more the instrument of the Furies than of the Graces?",
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