bellifer
Latin
Etymology
From bellum (“war”) + -fer (“-bringing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɛl.lɪ.fɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛl.li.fer]
Adjective
bellifer (feminine bellifera, neuter belliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
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
- (warlike): armifer, armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellicus, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris
Related terms
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.