καταπάλτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, (πάλλω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">engine of war for hurling bolts, catapult</b>, IG22.120.37, 554.15, 12(5).647.36 (Ceos):—freq. written καταπαλτ-πέλτης in literary texts, <span class="bibl">Mnesim.7.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Timocl.12.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Onos.42.3</span>, etc.; καταπάλτην ἀφιέναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>42.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1111a11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aud.</span>800b13</span>, Ath. Mech.<span class="bibl">8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>6.12</span>; used as an instrument of torture, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.71</span>, <span class="bibl">Charito 3.4</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>8.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[bolt]], [[shot]], (-πέλτης) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.95</span>, <span class="bibl">7.121</span>, (-πάλτης) Hsch.:—hence καταπαλτ-ικός, ή, όν (in literary texts <b class="b3">-πελτ-</b>), [[of]] or [[belonging to catapults]], βέλη <span class="title">IG</span>22.1487.102; ὄργανα καὶ βέλη <span class="bibl">Plb.11.11.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.17.3.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Bito62.4</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>., = [[καταπάλται]], <span class="bibl">Plb.9.41.5</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. [[artillery]], <span class="bibl">D.S.14.42</span>.</span>