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bellicus

bellicus

Latin

Adjective

bellicus m ‎(feminine bellica, neuter bellicum); first/second declension

Of or pertaining to war; military.
Warlike, fierce in war.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	bellicus	bellica	bellicum		bellicī	bellicae	bellica
genitive	bellicī	bellicae	bellicī		bellicōrum	bellicārum	bellicōrum
dative	bellicō	bellicae	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

Derived terms

bellicōsus

Related terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: bellicist
French: bellique (obsolete), bellicisme, belliqueux
Italian: bellico
Portuguese: bélico
Spanish: bélico

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bellicus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.