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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

  • ἐν μὲν οὖν τῷ πρὸ τῆσ Πύδνησ πεδίῳ Ῥωμαῖοι Περσέα καταπολεμήσαντεσ καθεῖλον τὴν τῶν Μακεδόνων βασιλείαν, ἐν δὲ τῷ πρὸ τῆσ Μεθώνησ πεδίῳ γενέσθαι συνέβη Φιλίππῳ τῷ Ἀμύντου τὴν ἐκκοπὴν τοῦ δεξιοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ καταπελτικῷ βέλει κατὰ τὴν πολιορκίαν τῆσ πόλεωσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 52:8)

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