belligero

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin belligerum, form of belliger (“waging war; warlike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /belˈli.d͡ʒe.ro/
  • Rhymes: -idʒero
  • Hyphenation: bel‧lì‧ge‧ro

Adjective

belligero (feminine belligera, masculine plural belligeri, feminine plural belligere)

  1. (literary) belligerent, bellicose
    Synonym: bellicoso

Further reading

  • belligero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From belliger +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

belligerō (present infinitive belligerāre, perfect active belligerāvī, supine belligerātum); first conjugation

  1. to wage war

Conjugation

   Conjugation of belligerō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present belligerō belligerās belligerat belligerāmus belligerātis belligerant
imperfect belligerābam belligerābās belligerābat belligerābāmus belligerābātis belligerābant
future belligerābō belligerābis belligerābit belligerābimus belligerābitis belligerābunt
perfect belligerāvī belligerāvistī belligerāvit belligerāvimus belligerāvistis belligerāvērunt,
belligerāvēre
pluperfect belligerāveram belligerāverās belligerāverat belligerāverāmus belligerāverātis belligerāverant
future perfect belligerāverō belligerāveris belligerāverit belligerāverimus belligerāveritis belligerāverint
passive present belligeror belligerāris,
belligerāre 		belligerātur belligerāmur belligerāminī belligerantur
imperfect belligerābar belligerābāris,
belligerābāre 		belligerābātur belligerābāmur belligerābāminī belligerābantur
future belligerābor belligerāberis,
belligerābere 		belligerābitur belligerābimur belligerābiminī belligerābuntur
perfect belligerātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect belligerātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect belligerātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present belligerem belligerēs belligeret belligerēmus belligerētis belligerent
imperfect belligerārem belligerārēs belligerāret belligerārēmus belligerārētis belligerārent
perfect belligerāverim belligerāverīs belligerāverit belligerāverīmus belligerāverītis belligerāverint
pluperfect belligerāvissem belligerāvissēs belligerāvisset belligerāvissēmus belligerāvissētis belligerāvissent
passive present belligerer belligerēris,
belligerēre 		belligerētur belligerēmur belligerēminī belligerentur
imperfect belligerārer belligerārēris,
belligerārēre 		belligerārētur belligerārēmur belligerārēminī belligerārentur
perfect belligerātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect belligerātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — belligerā — — belligerāte —
future — belligerātō belligerātō — belligerātōte belligerantō
passive present — belligerāre — — belligerāminī —
future — belligerātor belligerātor — — belligerantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives belligerāre belligerāvisse belligerātūrum esse belligerārī belligerātum esse belligerātum īrī
participles belligerāns — belligerātūrus — belligerātus belligerandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
belligerandī belligerandō belligerandum belligerandō belligerātum belligerātū

Descendants

  • French: belligérer

References

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