ballistarius
Latin
noun
Definitions
- One who makes ballista
- One who operate a ballista, a slinger
- (medieval) bowman
Etymology
Suffix 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
- *balistārius Latin
- arcuballista Latin
- balistārius Latin
- ballista Latin
- ballistarium Latin
- balista Italian
- ballesta Spanish, Castilian
- βαλλίστρα Ancient Greek
- besteiro Portuguese
- ballesta Catalan, Valencian
- besteiro Galician
- baesta Old Portuguese
- baesteiro Old Portuguese
- ballesta Asturian