ballistarius
English
Etymology
Latin ballistārius
Noun
ballistarius (plural ballistarii)
- (obsolete) A crossbowman.
Alternative forms
- balistarius
Latin
Alternative forms
- balistārius, ballistrārius
Etymology
ballista + -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns of use)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.us/, [bälːʲɪs̠ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bal.lisˈta.ri.us/, [bälːisˈt̪äːrius]
Noun
ballistārius m (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension
- One who makes ballistae
- One who operates a ballista, a slinger
- (medieval) bowman
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ballistārius | ballistāriī |
| Genitive | ballistāriī ballistārī1 | ballistāriōrum |
| Dative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| Accusative | ballistārium | ballistāriōs |
| Ablative | ballistāriō | ballistāriīs |
| Vocative | ballistārie | ballistāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- ballistārius arcūs
Descendants
- Old Portuguese: baesteiro
- Galician: besteiro
- Portuguese: besteiro
- Spanish: ballestero
References
- “ballistārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ballistarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ballistarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette