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ballist

ballist is the archaic form of ballista.

Meaning of ballista

Noun

ballista (plural ballistas or ballistae or ballistæ)

  1. (historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

Forms of ballist

pluralballists

Questions about ballist

What is ballist the archaic form of?
Ballist is the archaic form of ballista.

Words near ballist in the dictionary

  1. Balliro
  2. Ballis
  3. ballism
  4. ballismus
  5. Ballisodare
  6. ballist
  7. ballista
  8. ballistae
  9. ballistarii
  10. ballistarius
  11. ballistas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballist (page history and authors); ballista (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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