"balista" meaning in Portuguese

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      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin ballista",
      "name": "lbor"
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        "3": "βαλλίστρα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "expansion": "Doublet of besta",
      "name": "doublet"
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  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of besta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balistas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "balista f (plural balistas)",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧lis‧ta"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "pt:Weapons",
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            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "ballista (siege engine)"
      ],
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        [
          "ballista",
          "ballista"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "besta"
        },
        {
          "word": "manganela"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/baˈlis.tɐ/",
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈliʃ.tɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈlis.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɐˈliʃ.tɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -istɐ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balista"
}

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        "1": "pt",
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "pt",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of besta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balistas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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      "expansion": "balista f (plural balistas)",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧lis‧ta"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "besta"
    },
    {
      "word": "manganela"
    }
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        "pt:Weapons"
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        "ballista (siege engine)"
      ],
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        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈlis.tɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈliʃ.tɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈlis.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɐˈliʃ.tɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -istɐ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balista"
}