belliger

Latin

Etymology

bellum (“war”) +‎ -iger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.ɡer/, [ˈbɛl.lɪ.ɡɛr]

Adjective

belliger (feminine belligera, neuter belligerum); first/second declension

1. waging war
2. warlike, martial, valiant

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	belliger	belligera	belligerum		belligerī	belligerae	belligera
genitive	belligerī	belligerae	belligerī		belligerōrum	belligerārum	belligerōrum
dative	belligerō		belligerō		belligerīs
accusative	belligerum	belligeram	belligerum		belligerōs	belligerās	belligera
ablative	belligerō	belligerā	belligerō		belligerīs
vocative	belliger	belligera	belligerum		belligerī	belligerae	belligera

Descendants

• Spanish: belígero

References

• belliger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• belliger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “belliger” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)