bellator

Latin

Alternative forms

• duellātor

Etymology

From bellō (“wage or carry out war; fight”), from bellum (“war”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /belˈlaː.tor/

Noun

bellātor m (genitive bellātōris); third declension

1. warrior, soldier, fighter

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bellātor	bellātōrēs
genitive	bellātōris	bellātōrum
dative	bellātōrī	bellātōribus
accusative	bellātōrem	bellātōrēs
ablative	bellātōre	bellātōribus
vocative	bellātor	bellātōrēs

Synonyms

• (soldier): mīles

Derived terms

• bellātōrius
• bellātrīx

Related terms

• bellātulus
• bellāx
• bellicōsus
• bellicus
• bellifer

• belligerātor
• belligerō
• bellipotēns
• bellisonus

• bellō
• bellor
• bellōsus
• bellum

References

• bellator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bellator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bellator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bellator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette