bellicum

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Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

bellicum n (genitive bellicī); second declension

  1. signal of attack, battle signal, fight signal (sounded by a war-trumpet to initiate a battle)
    • w:Titus Livius
      ubi primum bellicum cani audisset.
      as soon as he heard that the fight signal was being given.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bellicum bellica
Genitive bellicī bellicōrum
Dative bellicō bellicīs
Accusative bellicum bellica
Ablative bellicō bellicīs
Vocative bellicum bellica

Adjective[edit]

bellicum

  1. nominative neuter singular of bellicus

References[edit]

  • bellicum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bellicum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)