bellicus

Latin

Etymology

From bellum (“war”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl.lɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl.li.kus]

Adjective

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

1. of or pertaining to war; military
2. 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).)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

• bellātor
• bellātōrius
• bellātrīx
• bellātulus
• bellāx
• bellifer
• belliger
• belligerātor
• belligerō
• bellipotēns
• bellisonus
• bellō
• bellor
• bellōsus
• bellum

Descendants

• Catalan: bèl·lic
• English: bellic, bellicist
• French: bellique (obsolete)
• Galician: bélico
• 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
• “bellicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.