bellifer

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Latin

Etymology

From bellum (“war”) +‎ -i- +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bellifer (feminine bellifera, neuter belliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. making war, warlike, war-bringing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative bellifer bellifera belliferum belliferī belliferae bellifera
genitive belliferī belliferae belliferī belliferōrum belliferārum belliferōrum
dative belliferō belliferae belliferō belliferīs
accusative belliferum belliferam belliferum belliferōs belliferās bellifera
ablative belliferō belliferā belliferō belliferīs
vocative bellifer bellifera belliferum belliferī belliferae bellifera

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: belliferous

References

  • “bellifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bellifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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