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Webster 1913 Edition
Bellona
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Bel-lo′na
,Noun.
[L., from
bellum
war.] (Rom. Myth.)
The goddess of war.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bellona
BELLO'NA
,Noun.
Definition 2025
Bellona
Bellona
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English

Bellona astronomical symbol
Proper noun
Bellona
- (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
- Thomas Campbell
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
- Thomas Campbell
- (astronomy) Short for 28 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.
See also
- (mythology):
Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (astronomy):
28 Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
Roman war goddess
Latin
Etymology
From older Duellōna by a regular sound change. Cognate with Ancient Greek δύη (dúē, “misery, pain”) and with bellum (“war”)
Proper noun
Bellōna f (genitive Bellōnae); first declension
- Goddess of war, sister (or sometimes wife) of Mars
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | Bellōna | Bellōnae |
genitive | Bellōnae | Bellōnārum |
dative | Bellōnae | Bellōnīs |
accusative | Bellōnam | Bellōnās |
ablative | Bellōnā | Bellōnīs |
vocative | Bellōna | Bellōnae |
Synonyms
- (goddess of war): Enȳō (Greek equivalent)
References
- Bellōna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bellona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Bellona”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Bellona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bellona in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray