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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> [[catapult]], [[engine of war]], <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, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[catapult]], [[engine of war]], <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>
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Transliteration A: ballístra Transliteration B: ballistra Transliteration C: vallistra Beta Code: balli/stra

English (LSJ)

ἡ,    A 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»)].