catapulta
catapulta noun: a Roman catapult (weapon for launching projectiles).
Noun
catapulta (plural catapultae or catapultæ)
- A Roman catapult (weapon for launching projectiles).
- The projectile machines, or antient artillery, used by our ancestors about the time of the Norman invasion, were the scorpion, catapulta, balista, and onager of the Romans, with divers other species of the same machines, under a variety of different appellations.1801, Francis Grose, chapter 12, in A History of the English Army, volume 1, page 366
- This pantomime over, Bentley recoiled, with the spring of a Roman catapulta, to his natural pursuits.1863, Thomas de Quincey, Richard Bentley and Other Writings, page 128
Forms of catapulta
| plural | catapultae |
|---|---|
| plural | catapultæ |
Origin of catapulta
Learned borrowing from Latin catapulta. Doublet of catapult.
Questions about catapulta
- What does catapulta mean?
- Catapulta means a Roman catapult (weapon for launching projectiles).
- What part of speech is catapulta?
- Catapulta is a noun.
- What is the plural of catapulta?
- The plural of catapulta is catapultae.
Words near catapulta in the dictionary
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