ballistarium

ballistarium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.um/, [bal.lɪsˈtaː.ri.ũ]

Etymology 1

From ballista (“ballista”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Alternative forms

• bālistārium

Noun

ballistārium n (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension

1. a ballista emplacement (the place where the ballista is worked)
2. a ballista

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ballistārium	ballistāria
Genitive	ballistāriī ballistārī1	ballistāriōrum
Dative	ballistāriō	ballistāriīs
Accusative	ballistārium	ballistāria
Ablative	ballistāriō	ballistāriīs
Vocative	ballistārium	ballistāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• ballistārĭum (balist-) in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ballistārĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “206/1”
• “ballistārium” on page 224/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

ballistārium m

1. accusative singular of ballistārius