ballistarius

English

Etymology

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Noun

ballistarius (plural ballistarii)

(obsolete) A crossbowman.

Alternative forms

balistarius

Latin

Alternative forms

balistārius, ballistrārius

Etymology

ballista +‎ -ārius (suffix forming agent nouns of use)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /bal.lisˈtaː.ri.us/, [bälːʲɪs̠ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bal.lisˈta.ri.us/, [bälːisˈt̪äːrius]

Noun

ballistārius m (genitive ballistāriī or ballistārī); second declension

One who makes ballistae
One who operates a ballista, a slinger
(medieval) bowman

Declension

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Derived terms

ballistārius arcūs

Descendants

Old Galician-Portuguese: baesteiro
- Galician: besteiro
- Portuguese: besteiro
Spanish: ballestero

References

“ballistārĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ballistarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
ballistarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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