καταπάλτης: Difference between revisions

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