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2. Balista (Ballista), ae, f., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 39, 2, 7; 40, 41, 2.
‡ ballātor, ōris, m. [ballo], a dancer: SODALES. BALLATORES. CYBELAE., Inscr. Orell. 2337.
ballēmătĭcus, a, um, adj. [cf. ballo], accompanying the dance, Isid. Orig. 3, 21, 11.
Ballio, ōnis, m., the name of a worthless pimp in the Pseudolus of Plautus; hence, for designating any worthless man, Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.
Whence, Ballĭōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Ballio, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 2.
† 1. ballista (better than balista; in Gloss. also ballistra), ae, f. [βάλλω],
2. Ballista, ae, v. 2. Balista.
ballistārĭum (balist-), ii, n., = ballista, or the place where the ballista is worked, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 74 (cf. ballista fin.).
ballistārĭus (balist-; and in Gloss. ballistrārĭus), ii, m. [1. ballista].
† ballistĭa (balist-), ōrum, n. [βαλλίξω, to dance], music or songs accompanying dancing, Vop. Aurel. 6, where an example of such dancing songs is given.
* ballo, āre, v. n. [βάλλω, βαλλίξω], to dance, Aug. Serm. 215 (hence, Fr. bal; Engl. ball).
Ballŏnŏti, ōrum, m., a Scythian tribe, Val. Fl. 6, 160.
† ballōtē, ēs, f., = βαλλωτή, a plant, also called porrum nigrum, black horehound: Ballota nigra, Linn.; Plin. 27, 8, 30, § 54.
†† ballux (bal-), ūcis, f. [Spanish], gold-sand, gold-dust, χρύσαμμος, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 77; Just. 44, 1, 10 (less correctly paludibus); Mart. 12, 57, 9 (less correctly paludes); and Latinized ballūca (bal-), ae, f., Cod. Valent. 11, 6, 1 and 2; Cod. Th. 10, 19, 3 and 4; Veg. Vet. 1, 20, 2.