Latin

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.

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

ballistārium m

1. accusative singular of ballistārius