bellax

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *dwenos

Old Latin duenos

Old Latin *duenelos?

Old Latin duellum

Latin bellum

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin bellāx

From bellum (“war”) + -āx (“like”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl.laːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl.laks]

Adjective

bellāx (genitive bellācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. warlike, martial

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	bellāx			bellācēs	bellācia
genitive	bellācis			bellācium
dative	bellācī			bellācibus
accusative	bellācem	bellāx		bellācīs bellācēs	bellācia
ablative	bellācī bellāce			bellācibus
vocative	bellāx			bellācēs	bellācia

References

• “bellax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "bellax", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bellax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• bellax in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maltese

Verb

bellax

1. negative third-person masculine singular perfect of bella’