balístă (balíste),s. f. – Mașină de război cu care se aruncau bolovani. Lat.ballista (sec. XVIII). – Der.balistic,adj.; balistică,s. f. (formate pe bază fr.).
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Definition of balístă in the Romanian dictionary
BALISTIE f. (Antiquity) War machine for throwing boulders, spears, projectiles, etc. on the enemy; catapult. BALÍSTĂ ~ef. (în antichitate) Mașină de război pentru aruncarea de bolovani, sulițe, proiectile etc. asupra dușmanului; catapultă.
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The translations of balístă from Romanian to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «balístă» in Romanian.
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Examples of use in the Romanian literature, quotes and news about balístă
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ROMANIAN BOOKS RELATING TO «BALÍSTĂ»
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REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Balístă [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-ro/balista>. Oct 2026 ».
