Bellona

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Bellona astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin, related to bellum.

Proper noun

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

Bellona (plural Bellonas)

  1. A woman of great spirit and vigour.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bellōna.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bellona f

  1. Bellona (Roman goddess of war)

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bellōna f (genitive Bellōnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Bellōna Bellōnae
genitive Bellōnae Bellōnārum
dative Bellōnae Bellōnīs
accusative Bellōnam Bellōnās
ablative Bellōnā Bellōnīs
vocative Bellōna Bellōnae

Synonyms

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

References

  • “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
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