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bellicosus

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Etymology

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    From bellicum (signal for battle) +‎ -ōsus (rich in).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    bellicōsus (feminine bellicōsa, neuter bellicōsum, superlative bellicōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

    1. warlike, fierce, bellicose

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative bellicōsus bellicōsa bellicōsum bellicōsī bellicōsae bellicōsa
    genitive bellicōsī bellicōsae bellicōsī bellicōsōrum bellicōsārum bellicōsōrum
    dative bellicōsō bellicōsae bellicōsō bellicōsīs
    accusative bellicōsum bellicōsam bellicōsum bellicōsōs bellicōsās bellicōsa
    ablative bellicōsō bellicōsā bellicōsō bellicōsīs
    vocative bellicōse bellicōsa bellicōsum bellicōsī bellicōsae bellicōsa

    Descendants

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    References

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    • bellicosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • bellicosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "bellicosus", 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)
    • bellicosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.