ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΩΝ, καταπελτων
KATAPELTŌN, katapeltōn
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PEL-tohn
Translations: of catapults
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a catapult, a military engine used in ancient warfare for hurling large projectiles such as stones or arrows. It is a compound word, combining 'κατά' (down, against) and 'πάλλω' (to hurl, to shake). The word describes the action of throwing something downwards or against a target.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:112
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΑΙ — catapults, siege engines, ballistas
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΑΣ — catapult, a catapult
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗ — catapult, a catapult, ballista, a ballista
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΝ — catapult, a catapult, battering ram, a battering ram
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΗΣ — catapult, a catapult, battering ram, a battering ram
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΙΚΟΙΣ — catapult-like, relating to catapults, of catapults
- ΚΑΤΑΠΕΛΤΙΚΩΝ — of catapults, of engines, of siege engines, relating to catapults, relating to engines, relating to siege engines
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