bellum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bellis, bellis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
flower (perh. daisy); (white daisy, ox-eye - L+S);
gen. pl. - Entry →bellum, belli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
war, warfare; battle, combat, fight; (at/in) (the) war(s); military force, arms;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →bellus, bella -um, bellior -or -us, bellissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pretty, handsome, charming, pleasant, agreeable, polite; nice, fine, excellent;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...rapinarum et victoriae veteris memores civile bellum exoptabant, opprimundae rei publicae consilium cepit. In Italia nullus exercitus..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...civitatis morum piget taedetque. Nunc ad inceptum redeo. Bellum scripturus sum, quod populus Romanus cum Iugurtha rege Numidarum..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cura remordet, longius et volvens fatorum arcana movebo) bellum ingens geret Italia, populosque feroces contundet, moresque viris..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mala mentis Gaudia, mortiferumque adverso in limine Bellum, ferreique Eumenidum thalami et Discordia demens vipereum crinem vittis innexa..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fama fatisque canebant ipsam, sed populo magnum portendere bellum. At rex sollicitus monstris oracula Fauni, fatidici genitoris, adit..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...montibus urbem Pallantis proavi de nomine Pallanteum. hi bellum adsidue ducunt cum gente Latina; hos castris adhibe socios..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...precibus venia ulla latet totumque moveri mutarive putas bellum, spes pascis inanis.' et Iuno adlacrimans: 'quid si, quae..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...dapes. sociis tunc arma capessant edico, et dira bellum cum gente gerendum. haud secus ac iussi faciunt tectosque..."
