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Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish *bel- (“bright; luminous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”) (cognate with Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”)) and from Gaulish *Wesuawos, *Bellowesus, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bellovesus m sg (genitive Bellovesī); second declension
- A Gallic prince and legendary founder of Milan
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Bellovesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bellovesus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray