belligeros
Dictionary entries
- Entry →belliger, belligera, belligerum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
waging war, warring; warlike, martial; war-, battle-;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vota deis et pocula fundit, dent aciem, dent belligeros superare labores. Ecce autem Geticis veniens Gradivus ab antris..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...usus innumeros, quod rostra liget, quod muniat arma, belligeros quod frenet equos, quod mille catenis squalentis nectat tunicas..."