bellicus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.li.kus/, [ˈbɛlːʲɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.li.kus/, [ˈbɛlːikus]
Adjective
bellicus (feminine bellica, neuter bellicum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to war; military
- Warlike, fierce in war
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.549–550:
- fallor, an arma sonant? nōn fallimur, arma sonābant:
Mārs venit et veniēns bellica signa dedit.- Am I mistaken, or are weapons sounding? We are not being deceived, arms were clashing: Mars approaches, and as he comes, he has given warlike signs.
(Games celebrated in May commemorated the dedication of the Temple of Mars Ultor; see also: Mars (mythology).)
- Am I mistaken, or are weapons sounding? We are not being deceived, arms were clashing: Mars approaches, and as he comes, he has given warlike signs.
- fallor, an arma sonant? nōn fallimur, arma sonābant:
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bellicus | bellica | bellicum | bellicī | bellicae | bellica | |
| Genitive | bellicī | bellicae | bellicī | bellicōrum | bellicārum | bellicōrum | |
| Dative | bellicō | bellicō | bellicīs | ||||
| Accusative | bellicum | bellicam | bellicum | bellicōs | bellicās | bellica | |
| Ablative | bellicō | bellicā | bellicō | bellicīs | |||
| Vocative | bellice | bellica | bellicum | bellicī | bellicae | bellica | |
Synonyms
- (military): mīlitāris, mīlitārius
- (warlike): armifer, armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellifer, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris
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References
- “bellicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bellicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bellicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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