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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Transliteration C=vallistra
|Transliteration C=vallistra
|Beta Code=balli/stra
|Beta Code=balli/stra
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">catapult, engine of war</b>, <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Goth.</span>1.22</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Steph. <span class="title">in Hp.</span>2.384</span> D.</span>
|Definition=ἡ, [[catapult]], [[engine of war]], Procop.''Goth.''1.22, al., Steph. ''in Hp.''2.384 D.
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|mltxt=[[βαλλίστρα]], η (AM)<br />πολεμική [[μηχανή]] για εκσφενδόνιση βλημάτων, ακοντίων, λίθων κ.λπ.<br />[<b><span style="color: brown;">ΕΤΥΜΟΛ.</span></b> <span style="color: red;"><</span> [[βαλλίζω]] (<b>[[πρβλ]].</b> λατ. <i>ballistra</i> «[[καταπέλτης]]»)].
|mltxt=[[βαλλίστρα]], η (AM)<br />πολεμική [[μηχανή]] για εκσφενδόνιση βλημάτων, ακοντίων, λίθων κ.λπ.<br />[<b><span style="color: brown;">ΕΤΥΜΟΛ.</span></b> <span style="color: red;"><</span> [[βαλλίζω]] ([[πρβλ]]. λατ. <i>ballistra</i> «[[καταπέλτης]]»)].
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Transliteration A: ballístra Transliteration B: ballistra Transliteration C: vallistra Beta Code: balli/stra

English (LSJ)

ἡ, catapult, engine of war, Procop.Goth.1.22, al., Steph. in Hp.2.384 D.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ
catapulta ὡς μήτε τῇ καλουμένῃ βαλλίστρᾳ χρῆσθαι τοὺς φύλακας οἵους τε εἶναι Procop.Goth.1.22.21, ἵνα ὡς ἀπὸ βαλλίστρας τινὸς ... ἀκοντισθῇ τὸ σπέρμα Steph.in Hp.2.384.

Greek Monolingual

βαλλίστρα, η (AM)
πολεμική μηχανή για εκσφενδόνιση βλημάτων, ακοντίων, λίθων κ.λπ.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < βαλλίζω (πρβλ. λατ. ballistra «καταπέλτης»)].