Bellona

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English

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Bellona astronomical symbol

Etymology

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From Latin, related to bellum.

Proper noun

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Bellona

  1. (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
    • 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia:
      But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
      Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
      All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
      All murder's tactic arts, and win them too []
  2. (astronomy) 28 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.

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Noun

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Bellona (plural Bellonas)

  1. A woman of great spirit and vigour.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Bellōna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbɛˈloː.naː/
  • Hyphenation: Bel‧lo‧na

Proper noun

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Bellona f

  1. Bellona (Roman goddess of war)

Latin

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Etymology

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From older Duellōna by a regular sound change. Cognate with Ancient Greek δύη (dúē, misery, pain) and with bellum (war).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bellōna f (genitive Bellōnae); first declension

  1. Goddess of war, sister (or sometimes wife) of Mars

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Bellōna Bellōnae
Genitive Bellōnae Bellōnārum
Dative Bellōnae Bellōnīs
Accusative Bellōnam Bellōnās
Ablative Bellōnā Bellōnīs
Vocative Bellōna Bellōnae

Synonyms

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  • (goddess of war): Enȳō (Greek equivalent)

References

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  • Bellōna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Bellona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Bellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Bellona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Bellona”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray