bellicus

Latin

Etymology

from bellum (“war”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.kus/, [ˈbɛlːʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.kus/, [ˈbɛlːikus]

Adjective

bellicus (feminine bellica, neuter bellicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to war; military.
2. Warlike, fierce in war.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bellicus	bellica	bellicum		bellicī	bellicae	bellica
Genitive	bellicī	bellicae	bellicī		bellicōrum	bellicārum	bellicōrum
Dative	bellicō		bellicō		bellicīs
Accusative	bellicum	bellicam	bellicum		bellicōs	bellicās	bellica
Ablative	bellicō	bellicā	bellicō		bellicīs
Vocative	bellice	bellica	bellicum		bellicī	bellicae	bellica

Synonyms

• (military): mīlitāris, mīlitārius
• (warlike): armifer, armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellifer, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris

Derived terms

• bellicōsus

Related terms

Related terms

• bellātor
• bellātōrius
• bellātrīx
• bellātulus

• bellāx
• bellifer
• belliger
• belligerātor

• belligerō
• bellipotēns
• bellisonus
• bellō

• bellor
• bellōsus
• bellum

Descendants

• Catalan: bèl·lic
• English: bellic, bellicist
• French: bellique (obsolete)
• Galician: bélico
• Italian: bellico
• Portuguese: bélico
• Spanish: bélico

References

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