# balista
## English
### Noun

balista (plural balistas or balistae)
* Alternative form of ballista

### Anagrams

* Baalist

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin balista, variant form of ballista. Doublet of ballesta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [bəˈlis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [baˈlis.ta]

### Noun

balista f (plural balistes)
* (historical) ballista

#### Hypernyms

* giny

#### Derived terms

* balístic

### Further reading

* “balista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbalɪsta]

### Noun

balista m anim
* ballista

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “balista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “balista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈli.sta/
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: ba‧lì‧sta

### Noun

balista f (plural baliste)
* ballista

### Further reading

* balista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* basalti

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* balista: (Classical Latin) IPA: /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
* balista: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]
** Homophone: Balista
* balistā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /baˈlis.taː/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠t̪äː]
* balistā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /baˈlis.ta/, [bäˈlist̪ä]

### Noun

balista f (genitive balistae); first declension
* Alternative form of ballista

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “balista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "balista", 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)
* balista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “balista”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlis.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta

### Noun

balista f
* (weaponry, historical) ballista

#### Derived terms

* balistokardiograficzny
* balistyczny
* balistokardiograf
* balistokardiografia
* balistokardiogram
* balistyk
* balistyka
* balistyt

### Further reading

* balista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of besta.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /baˈlis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /baˈlis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /baˈliʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /baˈlis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈliʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: ba‧lis‧ta

### Noun

balista f (plural balistas)
* ballista (siege engine)

#### Related terms

* besta, manganela

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlista/ [baˈlis.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: ba‧lis‧ta

### Noun

balista f (plural balistas)
* ballista

### Further reading

* “balista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10