See ballista in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "desc"
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},
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
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}
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"text": "→ Czech: balista"
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "ballista",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
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},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "ballista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: ballista",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ Finnish: ballista"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "baliste"
},
"expansion": "French: baliste",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: baliste"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "bestra"
},
"expansion": "Galician: bestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: bestra"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "balistrón",
"alts": "1",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Galician: balistrón, balastrón",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Galician: balistrón, balastrón"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "balista",
"3": "balestra"
},
"expansion": "Italian: balista, balestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: balista, balestra"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "balestra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: balestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: balestra"
},
{
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{
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"2": "baesta"
},
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}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "ballesta"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: ballesta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: ballesta"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ballesta"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: ballesta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: ballesta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "balistra",
"3": "balestra"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: balistra, balestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: balistra, balestra"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: balista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: balista"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: balista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: balista"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "balistă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: balistă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: balistă"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "балли́ста",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: балли́ста (ballísta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: балли́ста (ballísta)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: balista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: balista"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "ballista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: ballista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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"plural"
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"form": "balista",
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"pos": "noun",
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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},
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"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
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"word": "arcuballista"
},
{
"word": "ballistārius"
},
{
"word": "ballistica"
},
{
"word": "carroballista"
}
],
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"ballista"
],
"id": "en-ballista-la-noun-B3lvGbS0",
"links": [
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"ballista",
"ballista#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "catapulta"
},
{
"word": "onager"
}
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"tags": [
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"feminine"
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/balˈlis.ta/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bälˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/balˈlis.ta/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[bälˈlist̪ä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"homophone": "Ballista"
}
],
"word": "ballista"
}
{
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{
"word": "arcuballista"
},
{
"word": "ballistārius"
},
{
"word": "ballistica"
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{
"word": "carroballista"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "ballesta"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: ballesta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "ballesta"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: ballesta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: ballesta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: balista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: balista"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ballista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: ballista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: ballista"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "ballista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: ballista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: ballista"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "baliste"
},
"expansion": "French: baliste",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: baliste"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "bestra"
},
"expansion": "Galician: bestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: bestra"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "balistrón",
"alts": "1",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Galician: balistrón, balastrón",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Galician: balistrón, balastrón"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "balista",
"3": "balestra"
},
"expansion": "Italian: balista, balestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: balista, balestra"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "balestra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: balestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: balestra"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "baesta"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: baesta\nGalician: bésta f\nPortuguese: besta f",
"name": "desctree"
}
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "ballesta"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
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},
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ballesta"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: ballesta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: ballesta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "balistra",
"3": "balestra"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: balistra, balestra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: balistra, balestra"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: balista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: balista"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: balista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: balista"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "balistă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: balistă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: balistă"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "балли́ста",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: балли́ста (ballísta)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "balista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: balista",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: balista"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ballista",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: ballista",
"name": "desc"
}
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}
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"nominative",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
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"form": "ballistīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ballistam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ballistās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ballistā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ballistīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ballista",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"plural",
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]
},
{
"form": "balista",
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},
{
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"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
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"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-",
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"Latin terms with homophones",
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/balˈlis.ta/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[bälˈlist̪ä]",
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},
{
"homophone": "Ballista"
}
],
"word": "ballista"
}
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