bellus, bella -um, bellior -or -us, bellissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pretty, handsome, charming, pleasant, agreeable, polite; nice, fine, excellent;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bellus | belli |
| Gen. | belli | bellorum |
| Dat. | bello | — |
| Acc. | bellum | bellos |
| Voc. | belle | belli |
| Abl. | bello | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bella | bellae |
| Gen. | bellae | bellarum |
| Dat. | bellae | — |
| Acc. | bellam | bellas |
| Voc. | bella | bellae |
| Abl. | bella | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bellum | bella |
| Gen. | belli | bellorum |
| Dat. | bello | — |
| Acc. | bellum | bella |
| Voc. | bellum | bella |
| Abl. | bello | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bellius | belliora |
| Gen. | bellioris | — |
| Acc. | bellius | belliora |
| Voc. | bellius | belliora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bellissimus | bellissimi |
| Gen. | bellissimi | bellissimorum |
| Dat. | bellissimo | — |
| Acc. | bellissimum | bellissimos |
| Voc. | bellissime | bellissimi |
| Abl. | bellissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bellissima | bellissimae |
| Gen. | bellissimae | bellissimarum |
| Dat. | bellissimae | — |
| Acc. | bellissimam | bellissimas |
| Voc. | bellissima | bellissimae |
| Abl. | bellissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bellissimum | bellissima |
| Gen. | bellissimi | bellissimorum |
| Dat. | bellissimo | — |
| Acc. | bellissimum | bellissima |
| Voc. | bellissimum | bellissima |
| Abl. | bellissimo | — |
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...uxor, quid tibi aegre est? PEN. Bellus blanditur tibi. MEN. Potin ut mihi molestus..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...talis vir falsum autumas? fui ego bellus, lepidus: bonus vir numquam, neque frugi bonae, neque ero umquam..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haud, utrum velim, licere intellego: ita bellus hospes fecit Archidemides. ubi nunc est ergo meus Mnesilochus filius? CHRYS..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...timeas, Candide: non futuit. XXXIX Odi te, quia bellus es, Sabelle. Res est putida bellus et Sabellus. Bellum..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...parare? Falleris: haec animus, Quinte, pusillus emit. Cotile, bellus homo es: dicunt hoc, Cotile, multi. Audio: sed quid..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...carmina bella facis; componis belle mimos, epigrammata belle; bellus grammaticus, bellus es astrologus, et belle cantas et saltas..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...famam, hunc uolo, laudari qui sine morte potest. Bellus homo et magnus uis idem, Cotta, uideri..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...lavare potui; fui enim hodie in funus. Homo bellus, tam bonus Chrysanthus animam ebulliit. Modo, modo me appellavit..."