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Bellatrix

BEL'LATRIX

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Noun.
[L.] A ruddy, glittering star of the second magnitude, in the left shoulder of Orion; so named from its imagined influence in exciting war.

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Bellatrix

Bellatrix

See also: bellatrix

English

Proper noun

Bellatrix

  1. (astronomy) A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.

Synonyms

  • the Amazon Star

Translations

bellatrix

bellatrix

See also: Bellatrix

Latin

Noun

bellātrīx f (genitive bellātrīcis); third declension

  1. A warrior woman
  2. (in apposition) warlike

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