bellator

Latin

Alternative forms

• duellātor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /belˈlaː.tor/, [bɛlˈlʲaː.t̪ɔr]

Noun

bellātor m (genitive bellātōris); third declension

1. warrior, soldier, fighter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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