"blida" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbliː.da/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈblʲiːd̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈbli.da/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈbliːd̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: blīda [canonical, feminine], blīdae [genitive]
Etymology: According to Niermeyer, from Byzantine Greek βάλις, βάλιδος (bális, bálidos), related to Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). Attested in Latin since the 13th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|gkm|βάλις|βάλις, βάλιδος}} Byzantine Greek βάλις, βάλιδος (bális, bálidos), {{noncog|grc|βάλλω||I throw}} Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) Head templates: {{la-noun|blīda<1>|g=f}} blīda f (genitive blīdae); first declension
  1. (Medieval Latin) a trebuchet, catapult Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1 Categories (topical): Weapons
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          "ref": "before 1266, Ricardus Anglicus de Morins, Annales Prioratus de Dunstaplia, (edited by Hearne in 1733, as cited in DMLBS)",
          "text": "levatis circumquaque [apud Kenylworthe] machinis novem, que vocantur blidis, lapides jacere non cessabant, confringentes ex his domos et turres ligneas; muros et opus lapideum prosternere volentes, in nullo dampnificare poterant"
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          "english": "At Kenilworth, after taking nine machines called blidae (trebuchets) everywhere around, they would not stop throwing rocks, shattering houses and towers made of wood, but even though they wanted to open walls and other work made of rock, they could not damage them.",
          "ref": "before 1266, Ricardus Anglicus de Morins, Annales Prioratus de Dunstaplia, (edited by Hearne in 1733, as cited in DMLBS)",
          "text": "levatis circumquaque [apud Kenylworthe] machinis novem, que vocantur blidis, lapides jacere non cessabant, confringentes ex his domos et turres ligneas; muros et opus lapideum prosternere volentes, in nullo dampnificare poterant"
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