ballistarium
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a ballista emplacement the place where the ballista is worked
- a ballista
Etymology
Affix from Latin ballista (ballista, a military siege engine for throwing stones).
Origin
Latin
ballista
Gloss
ballista, a military siege engine for throwing stones
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ballista English
- ballistic English
- ballistinen Finnish
- arcuballista Latin
- ballista Latin
- ballistarius Latin
- balista Italian
- ballesta Spanish, Castilian
- βαλλίστρα Ancient Greek
- ballesta Catalan, Valencian
- baesta Old Portuguese
- ballesta Asturian