βαλλίστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βαλλίστρᾱ • (ballístrā) f (genitive βαλλίστρᾱς); first declension

  1. catapult, engine of war

Declension
First declension of ἡ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ; τῆς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
hē ballístrā		 τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
tṑ ballístrā		 αἱ βᾰλλῐ́στραι
hai ballístrai
Genitive τῆς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς
tês ballístrās		 τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν
toîn ballístrain		 τῶν βᾰλλῐστρῶν
tôn ballistrôn
Dative τῇ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾳ
têi ballístrāi		 τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν
toîn ballístrain		 ταῖς βᾰλλῐ́στραις
taîs ballístrais
Accusative τὴν βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱν
tḕn ballístrān		 τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
tṑ ballístrā		 τᾱ̀ς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς
tā̀s ballístrās
Vocative βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
ballístrā		 βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
ballístrā		 βᾰλλῐ́στραι
ballístrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: βαλλίστρα (vallístra)
  • Latin: ballista (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaˈlis.tra/

Noun

βαλλίστρα • (vallístra) f (plural βαλλίστρες)

  1. crossbow
  2. ballista

Declension
declension of βαλλίστρα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βαλλίστρα • βαλλίστρες •
genitive βαλλίστρας • βαλλιστρών •
accusative βαλλίστρα • βαλλίστρες •
vocative βαλλίστρα • βαλλίστρες •

Further reading
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