"balista" meaning in Latin

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      "name": "Lemmes en latin",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "de baliste",
      "word": "balistarius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "constructeur de balistes, soldat qui manœuvre la baliste",
      "word": "balistarius"
    },
    {
      "word": "balistarium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "baliste",
      "word": "ballistarium"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Avec pour variante ballista, donnée comme préférable, le radical du mot rappelle le grec ancien βάλλω, ballo (« lancer »), le suffixe -ista est grec mais… ballista n’est pas attesté en grec ancien."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balistă",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistă",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistăm",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistās",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistārŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistā",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ballista"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Armes en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Plaute",
          "text": "intendere balistam in aliquem",
          "translation": "dresser ses batteries contre quelqu'un."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Baliste, machine de siège pour lancer des pierres ou des traits."
      ],
      "id": "fr-balista-la-noun-ryB41jne",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Armement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Projectile lancé par la baliste."
      ],
      "id": "fr-balista-la-noun-dqfrqRQy"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "balista"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en latin",
    "Noms communs en latin",
    "latin"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "de baliste",
      "word": "balistarius"
    },
    {
      "translation": "constructeur de balistes, soldat qui manœuvre la baliste",
      "word": "balistarius"
    },
    {
      "word": "balistarium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "baliste",
      "word": "ballistarium"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Avec pour variante ballista, donnée comme préférable, le radical du mot rappelle le grec ancien βάλλω, ballo (« lancer »), le suffixe -ista est grec mais… ballista n’est pas attesté en grec ancien."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balistă",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistă",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistăm",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistās",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistārŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistā",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balistīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ballista"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Armes en latin",
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Plaute",
          "text": "intendere balistam in aliquem",
          "translation": "dresser ses batteries contre quelqu'un."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Baliste, machine de siège pour lancer des pierres ou des traits."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Armement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Projectile lancé par la baliste."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "balista"
}