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 băllĭ́strā 		τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
tṑ băllĭ́strā 		αἱ βᾰλλῐ́στραι
hai băllĭ́strai
Genitive τῆς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς
tês băllĭ́strās 		τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν
toîn băllĭ́strain 		τῶν βᾰλλῐστρῶν
tôn băllĭstrôn
Dative τῇ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾳ
tēî băllĭ́strāi 		τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́στραιν
toîn băllĭ́strain 		ταῖς βᾰλλῐ́στραις
taîs băllĭ́strais
Accusative τὴν βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱν
tḕn băllĭ́strān 		τὼ βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
tṑ băllĭ́strā 		τᾱ̀ς βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱς
tā̀s băllĭ́strās
Vocative βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
băllĭ́strā 		βᾰλλῐ́στρᾱ
băllĭ́strā 		βᾰλλῐ́στραι
băllĭ́strai
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
singular plural
nominative βαλλίστρα (vallístra) βαλλίστρες (vallístres)
genitive βαλλίστρας (vallístras) βαλλιστρών (vallistrón)
accusative βαλλίστρα (vallístra) βαλλίστρες (vallístres)
vocative βαλλίστρα (vallístra) βαλλίστρες (vallístres)

Further reading

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