bellifer

Latin

Etymology

From bellum (“war”) +‎ -i- +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.fer/, [ˈbɛlːʲɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.fer/, [ˈbɛlːifer]

Adjective

bellifer (feminine bellifera, neuter belliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. making war, warlike, war-bringing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bellifer	bellifera	belliferum		belliferī	belliferae	bellifera
Genitive	belliferī	belliferae	belliferī		belliferōrum	belliferārum	belliferōrum
Dative	belliferō		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

• bellātor
• bellātōrius
• bellātrīx
• bellātulus
• bellāx
• bellicōsus
• bellicus
• belligerātor
• belligerō
• bellipotēns
• bellisonus
• bellō
• bellor
• bellōsus
• bellum

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.