arcuballista

Latin

Etymology

arcus (“bow”) +‎ ballista

Noun

arcuballista f (genitive arcuballistae); first declension

(Late Latin) A historic type of arrow shooting ballista.

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arcuballista	arcuballistae
Genitive	arcuballistae	arcuballistārum
Dative	arcuballistae	arcuballistīs
Accusative	arcuballistam	arcuballistās
Ablative	arcuballistā	arcuballistīs
Vocative	arcuballista	arcuballistae

Descendants

Medieval Latin: arbalista
- Old French: arbaleste
  - French: arbalète
    - → Belarusian: арбалет (arbaljet)
    - → Bulgarian: арбалет (arbalet)
    - → Russian: арбалет (arbalet)
    - → Turkish: arbalet
    - → Ukrainian: арбалет (arbalet)
    - → Uzbek: arbalet
  - → Middle English: arblast
    - English: arbalest
- → Middle Low German: armborst
  - → Old Norse: armbrist n, armbryst f
    - Danish: armbrøst
    - Icelandic: armbrysti, armbryst
    - Norwegian: armbrøst
    - Old Swedish: armborst
      - Swedish: armborst
- → Middle High German: armbrust
  - Alemannic German: Armbruscht
  - German: Armbrust

References

armborst in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
armborst in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

“armbrøst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
armbrøst in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
arcuballista in Duden online

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