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Latin
Etymology
From bellum (“war”) + -āx (“like”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bellāx (genitive bellācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- warlike, martial
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “bellax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bellax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bellax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- bellax in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016