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Latin
Etymology
From bellum (“war”) + -icus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bellicus (feminine bellica, neuter bellicum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to war; military
- warlike, fierce in war
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.549–550:
- fallor, an arma sonant? nōn fallimur, arma sonābant:
Mārs venit et veniēns bellica signa dedit.- Am I mistaken, or are weapons sounding? We are not being deceived, arms were clashing: Mars approaches, and as he comes, he has given warlike signs.
(Games celebrated in May commemorated the dedication of the Temple of Mars Ultor; see also: Mars (mythology).)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
- (military): mīlitāris, mīlitārius
- (warlike): armifer, armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellifer, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “bellicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bellicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bellicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.