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|lshtext=<b>ballista</b>: ([[better]] [[than]] [[balista]]; in Gloss. also ballistra), ae, f. [[βάλλω]],<br /><b>I</b> a lārge [[military]] [[engine]], resembling a [[bow]], stretched [[with]] cords and thongs, by [[which]] masses of [[stone]] and [[other]] missiles were thrown to a [[great]] [[distance]]; a [[machine]] for projectiles, the [[ballista]] (orig. diff. from [[catapulta]], [[which]] [[was]] used for throwing arrows; [[but]] [[afterwards]] [[often]] interchanged [[with]] it; cf. Vitr. 10, 16-18; Veg. 4, 22): centenariae, throwing stones of a [[hundred]] pounds [[weight]], Lucil. ap. Non. p. 555, 25: ballistae lapidum et reliqua tormenta telorum eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta [[atque]] adducta vehementius, *Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 24, 40, 15; 21, 11, 10; Tac. A. 12, 56; 15, 9; id. H. 3, 23; 3, 29; 4, 23; Gell. 7 (6), 3; Sil. 1, 334; Luc. 2, 686; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 20; 6, 51.—Sportively: [[meus]] est [[ballista]] [[pugnus]], [[cubitus]] [[catapulta]] est mihi, [[umerus]] [[aries]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17. —For throwing [[other]] missiles, Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Luc. 2, 686; 3, 465.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[weapon]] thrown, a [[missile]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 42; Lucil. lib. XXVIII.: ballistas jactans centenarias. Sisenn. Hist. lib. IIII: ballistas [[quattuor]] talentarias, Non. p. 555, 24 sq.—<br /><b>III</b> Trop.: jam infortunii intenta [[ballista]] [[probe]], an [[instrument]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 58. | |lshtext=<b>ballista</b>: ([[better]] [[than]] [[balista]]; in Gloss. also ballistra), ae, f. [[βάλλω]],<br /><b>I</b> a lārge [[military]] [[engine]], resembling a [[bow]], stretched [[with]] cords and thongs, by [[which]] masses of [[stone]] and [[other]] missiles were thrown to a [[great]] [[distance]]; a [[machine]] for projectiles, the [[ballista]] (orig. diff. from [[catapulta]], [[which]] [[was]] used for throwing arrows; [[but]] [[afterwards]] [[often]] interchanged [[with]] it; cf. Vitr. 10, 16-18; Veg. 4, 22): centenariae, throwing stones of a [[hundred]] pounds [[weight]], Lucil. ap. Non. p. 555, 25: ballistae lapidum et reliqua tormenta telorum eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta [[atque]] adducta vehementius, *Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 24, 40, 15; 21, 11, 10; Tac. A. 12, 56; 15, 9; id. H. 3, 23; 3, 29; 4, 23; Gell. 7 (6), 3; Sil. 1, 334; Luc. 2, 686; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 20; 6, 51.—Sportively: [[meus]] est [[ballista]] [[pugnus]], [[cubitus]] [[catapulta]] est mihi, [[umerus]] [[aries]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17. —For throwing [[other]] missiles, Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Luc. 2, 686; 3, 465.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[weapon]] thrown, a [[missile]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 42; Lucil. lib. XXVIII.: ballistas jactans centenarias. Sisenn. Hist. lib. IIII: ballistas [[quattuor]] talentarias, Non. p. 555, 24 sq.—<br /><b>III</b> Trop.: jam infortunii intenta [[ballista]] [[probe]], an [[instrument]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 58. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>[[ballista]]¹² ou <b>bālista</b>, æ, f. ([[βάλλω]]),<br /><b>1</b> baliste [machine à lancer des projectiles] : Cic. Tusc. 2, 57 ; Cæs. C. 2, 2 ; Liv. 24, 40, 15<br /><b>2</b> trait lancé par la baliste : Pl. Trin. 668 || [fig.] Pl. Pœn. 201. | |||
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Revision as of 06:36, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ballista: (better than balista; in Gloss. also ballistra), ae, f. βάλλω,
I a lārge military engine, resembling a bow, stretched with cords and thongs, by which masses of stone and other missiles were thrown to a great distance; a machine for projectiles, the ballista (orig. diff. from catapulta, which was used for throwing arrows; but afterwards often interchanged with it; cf. Vitr. 10, 16-18; Veg. 4, 22): centenariae, throwing stones of a hundred pounds weight, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 555, 25: ballistae lapidum et reliqua tormenta telorum eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius, *Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 24, 40, 15; 21, 11, 10; Tac. A. 12, 56; 15, 9; id. H. 3, 23; 3, 29; 4, 23; Gell. 7 (6), 3; Sil. 1, 334; Luc. 2, 686; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 20; 6, 51.—Sportively: meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, umerus aries, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17. —For throwing other missiles, Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Luc. 2, 686; 3, 465.—
II Transf., the weapon thrown, a missile, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 42; Lucil. lib. XXVIII.: ballistas jactans centenarias. Sisenn. Hist. lib. IIII: ballistas quattuor talentarias, Non. p. 555, 24 sq.—
III Trop.: jam infortunii intenta ballista probe, an instrument, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 58.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ballista¹² ou bālista, æ, f. (βάλλω),
1 baliste [machine à lancer des projectiles] : Cic. Tusc. 2, 57 ; Cæs. C. 2, 2 ; Liv. 24, 40, 15
2 trait lancé par la baliste : Pl. Trin. 668
