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catapeltics

catapeltics is the plural of catapeltic.

Meaning of catapeltic

Noun

catapeltic (plural catapeltics)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A catapult.
    • That artillery which afterward so much promoted the victories of the Roman armies, machinery for shooting darts and stones of size far beyond the strength of man's arm to throw, (Diodorus [Siculus] calls it the catapeltic) was now either invented, or first perfected, so as to be valuable for...1808, William Mitford, “Affairs of the Sicilian and Italian Greek Cities, from the Establishment of the Syracusan Empire to the Death of Dionysius”, in The History of Greece, volume IV, London: […]...

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Questions about catapeltics

What is catapeltics the plural of?
Catapeltics is the plural of catapeltic.

Words near catapeltics in the dictionary

  1. Catapanos
  2. catapans
  3. catapasm
  4. catapasms
  5. catapeltic
  6. catapeltics
  7. catapetalous
  8. cataphasia
  9. cataphasis
  10. cataphatic
  11. cataphatically

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