bellifer
Latin
Etymology
From bellum (“war”) + -i- + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.li.fer/, [ˈbɛl.lɪ.fɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.li.fer/
Adjective
bellifer (feminine bellifera, neuter belliferum); first/second declension
- making war, warlike, war-bringing
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bellifer | bellifera | belliferum | belliferī | belliferae | bellifera | |
| Genitive | belliferī | belliferae | belliferī | belliferōrum | belliferārum | belliferōrum | |
| Dative | belliferō | belliferō | belliferīs | ||||
| Accusative | belliferum | belliferam | belliferum | belliferōs | belliferās | bellifera | |
| Ablative | belliferō | belliferā | belliferō | belliferīs | |||
| Vocative | bellifer | bellifera | belliferum | belliferī | belliferae | bellifera | |
Synonyms
- (warlike): armifer, armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellicus, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris
Related terms
- bellātor
- bellātōrius
- bellātrīx
- bellātulus
- bellāx
- bellicōsus
- bellicus
- belligerātor
- belligerō
- bellipotēns
- bellisonus
- bellō
- bellor
- bellōsus
- bellum
Descendants
- English: belliferous
References
- bellifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bellifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette