English

Proper noun

Bellatrix

1. (astronomy) A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.

Synonyms

• the Amazon Star

Translations

Latin

Noun

bellātrīx f ‎(genitive bellātrīcis); third declension

1. A warrior woman
2. (in apposition) warlike

Related terms

• bellātor
• bellicōsus
• bellicum
• bellicus
• belliger
• belligerō

References

• bellatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bellatrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bellatrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.