Latin

Alternative forms

• balistārius, ballistrārius

Noun

ballistārius m ‎(genitive ballistāriī); second declension

1. One who makes ballistae
2. One who operates a ballista, a slinger
3. (medieval) bowman

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• ballistārius arcūs

Descendants

• Old Portuguese: baesteiro
  • Portuguese: besteiro

References

• ballistārĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BALLISTARIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ballistarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.