Bellovesus

From Gaulish *bel- (“bright; luminous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”) (cognate with Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”)) and from Gaulish *Wesuawos, *Bellowesus, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɛlˈlɔ.wɛ.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [belˈlɔː.ve.s̬us]

Bellovesus m sg (genitive Bellovesī); second declension

1. A Gallic prince and legendary founder of Milan

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Bellovesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Bellovesus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray