Bellona

Bellona

See also: bellona

English

Bellona astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin, related to bellum.

Proper noun

Bellona

1. (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
   • 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia

     But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
     Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
     All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
     All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

2. (astronomy) 28 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 28 Bellona, ㉘

Translations

Roman war goddess

See also

• (mythology): Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): 28 Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

Bellona (plural Bellonas)

1. A woman of great spirit and vigour.

Anagrams

• on a bell

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bellōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛˈloː.naː/
• Hyphenation: Bel‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Bellona f

1. Bellona (Roman goddess of war)

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Latin

Etymology

From older Duellōna by a regular sound change. Cognate with Ancient Greek δύη (dúē, “misery, pain”) and with bellum (“war”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /belˈloː.na/, [bɛlˈlʲoːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /belˈlo.na/, [belˈlɔːnä]

Proper noun

Bellōna f (genitive Bellōnae); first declension

1. Goddess of war, sister (or sometimes wife) of Mars

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Bellōna	Bellōnae
Genitive	Bellōnae	Bellōnārum
Dative	Bellōnae	Bellōnīs
Accusative	Bellōnam	Bellōnās
Ablative	Bellōnā	Bellōnīs
Vocative	Bellōna	Bellōnae

Synonyms

• (goddess of war): Enȳō (Greek equivalent)

References

• “Bellōna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Bellona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Bellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Bellona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Bellona”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray