Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

catapulta: Difference between revisions

From LSJ
Sophocles, Antigone, 781
(6_3)
 
m (Text replacement - "]]>" to "]]")
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Lewis
{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cătăpulta</b>: ae, f., = ό [[καταπέλτης]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[large]] [[engine]] of [[war]] for throwing arrows, [[lances]], stones, etc., a catapult (cf. [[ballista]]): catapultis ballistisque per omnia tabulata dispositis, Liv. 21, 11, 7; 21, 11, 10: maximae formae, id. 26, 47, 5; Vitr. 10, 11, 1; 10, 11, 19; 10, 15 sq.; Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Naev., Lucil., Varr., and Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 552, 17 sq.; Caes. B. C. 2, 9 al.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., [[like]] [[ballista]], for the [[missile]] itself, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 28; id. Curc. 3, 24; 5, 3, 12; id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; Titin. ap. Non. p. 552, 11 sq. (Com. Rel. v. 125 Rib.).
|lshtext=<b>cătăpulta</b>: ae, f., = ό [[καταπέλτης]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[large]] [[engine]] of [[war]] for throwing arrows, [[lances]], stones, etc., a catapult (cf. [[ballista]]): catapultis ballistisque per omnia tabulata dispositis, Liv. 21, 11, 7; 21, 11, 10: maximae formae, id. 26, 47, 5; Vitr. 10, 11, 1; 10, 11, 19; 10, 15 sq.; Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Naev., Lucil., Varr., and Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 552, 17 sq.; Caes. B. C. 2, 9 al.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., [[like]] [[ballista]], for the [[missile]] itself, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 28; id. Curc. 3, 24; 5, 3, 12; id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; Titin. ap. Non. p. 552, 11 sq. (Com. Rel. v. 125 Rib.).
}}
}}

Revision as of 09:32, 13 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cătăpulta: ae, f., = ό καταπέλτης,
I a large engine of war for throwing arrows, lances, stones, etc., a catapult (cf. ballista): catapultis ballistisque per omnia tabulata dispositis, Liv. 21, 11, 7; 21, 11, 10: maximae formae, id. 26, 47, 5; Vitr. 10, 11, 1; 10, 11, 19; 10, 15 sq.; Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Naev., Lucil., Varr., and Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 552, 17 sq.; Caes. B. C. 2, 9 al.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—
II Meton., like ballista, for the missile itself, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 28; id. Curc. 3, 24; 5, 3, 12; id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; Titin. ap. Non. p. 552, 11 sq. (Com. Rel. v. 125 Rib.).