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καταπελτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταπελτικός καταπελτική καταπελτικόν

Structure: καταπελτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or for a catapult

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • παρακροτήσαντεσ δ’ ὅμωσ ἐξήγαγον ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχοσ, καὶ πρὸσ ὀλίγον μὲν ἀπημύναντο τοὺσ προσάγοντασ τὰσ μηχανάσ, βαλλόμενοι δὲ τοῖσ καταπελτικοῖσ καὶ τοῖσ πετροβόλοισ ἀνεχώρουν εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 24:1)

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