bellatrix

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Latin

Etymology

From bellō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

Noun

bellātrīx f (genitive bellātrīcis, masculine bellātor); third declension

  1. a warrior woman, female warrior
  2. (in apposition) warlike

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bellātrīx bellātrīcēs
genitive bellātrīcis bellātrīcum
dative bellātrīcī bellātrīcibus
accusative bellātrīcem bellātrīcēs
ablative bellātrīce bellātrīcibus
vocative bellātrīx bellātrīcēs

Adjective

bellātrīx f

  1. warlike
    • 1573, Jacobus Yetzweirtius, Aldenardias, sive de Subdola ac Furtiva Guesiorum in Civitatem Aldenardensem Irreptione...‎, Ghent:
      Hic(ait)est Deus, ille Deus, fero ab hoste redemptũ
      Qui genus Israel, rubei per gurgitis aequor
      Duxit, in obsequium sese findentibus vndis
      Inque locum Pharium fluctu coëunte Tyrannum
      Et currus, et equos, et bellatricia mersit
      Agmina, et iniusti fregit molimina Regis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (feminine-only in the singular, feminine- and neuter-only in the plural).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative — bellātrīx — — bellātrīcēs bellātrīcia
genitive — bellātrīcis — — bellātrīcium
dative — bellātrīcī — — bellātrīcibus
accusative — bellātrīcem — — bellātrīcēs bellātrīcia
ablative — bellātrīce
bellātrīcī 		— — bellātrīcibus
vocative — bellātrīx — — bellātrīcēs bellātrīcia

References

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