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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From bellum + in- -is.
Pronunciation
Adjective
imbellis (neuter imbelle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- unwarlike
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.371–374:
- ‘cūr tibi prō Libycīs clauduntur rēte leaenīs
imbellēs capreae sollicitusque lepus?’
nōn sibi, respondit, silvās cessisse, sed hortōs
arvaque pugnācī nōn adeunda ferae.- “Why, to you, instead of Libyan lionesses, are unwarlike roe deer (or female goats) and the timid hare being trapped in the net?” Forests were not granted to her, she replied, but the gardens and fields, not to be approached by aggressive beasts.
(The poet asks Flora (mythology) why the Floralia featured certain animals.)
- peaceful, pacifist
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “imbellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imbellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imbellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- imbellis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016