"βαλλίστρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /bal.lís.traː/, /βalˈlis.tra/, /vaˈlis.tra/, /bal.lís.traː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /balˈlis.tra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βalˈlis.tra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /valˈlis.tra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /vaˈlis.tra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”) Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*gʷelH-}}, {{m|grc|βάλλω|t=to throw}} βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βαλλίστρᾱ|βαλλίστρᾱς|f|first}} βαλλίστρᾱ • (ballístrā) f (genitive βαλλίστρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βᾰλλί˘στρᾱ|ας}} Forms: βαλλίστρᾱ [canonical], ballístrā [romanization], βαλλίστρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ βᾰλλῐ́στραι [nominative, plural], τῆς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βᾰλλῐστρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς βᾰλλῐ́στραις [dative, plural], τὴν βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς [accusative, plural], βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ [singular, vocative], βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ [dual, vocative], βᾰλλῐ́στραι [plural, vocative]
  1. catapult, engine of war Categories (topical): Weapons

Download JSON data for βαλλίστρα meaning in Ancient Greek (4.7kB)

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