Catalan

Noun

catapulta f ‎(plural catapultes)

1. catapult

Verb

catapulta

1. third-person singular present indicative form of catapultar
2. second-person singular imperative form of catapultar

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: catapultas, catapultât

Verb

catapulta

1. third-person singular past historic of catapulter

Italian

Noun

catapulta f ‎(plural catapulte)

1. catapult
2. staff sling

Verb

catapulta

1. third-person singular present indicative of catapultare
2. second-person singular imperative of catapultare

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek καταπέλτης ‎(katapéltēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpul.ta/, [ka.taˈpʊɫ.ta]

Noun

catapulta f ‎(genitive catapultae); first declension

1. a catapult

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• catapultārius

References

• catapulta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catapulta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CATAPULTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “catapulta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• catapulta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catapulta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης ‎(katapéltēs), from κατά ‎(katá, “downwards, into, against”), from πάλλω ‎(pállō, “I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ta.ˈpuw.ta/

Noun

catapulta f (plural catapultas)

1. catapult

Related terms

• trabuco, manganela, onagro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka̠ta̠ˈpulta̠/

Etymology 1

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης ‎(katapéltēs).

Noun

catapulta f ‎(plural catapultas)

1. catapult

Derived terms

• catapultar verb

Etymology 2

Verb

catapulta

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of catapultar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of catapultar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of catapultar.