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bellum
bellum
Latin
Noun
bellum n (genitive bellī); second declension
- war
- Flavius Vegetius
- Sī vīs pācem parā bellum.
- If you want peace, prepare for war.
- Sī vīs pācem parā bellum.
- Si omnes opinionibus pugnent non sint bella.
- If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
- Flavius Vegetius
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | bellum | bella |
genitive | bellī | bellōrum |
dative | bellō | bellīs |
accusative | bellum | bella |
ablative | bellō | bellīs |
vocative | bellum | bella |
- Locative singular: bellī
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bellicrepus
- bellicus
- bellidux
- bellifer
- belliger
- belligerator
- belligeratio
- bellipotens
- bellisonus
Related terms
- belligerō
- belligerāns
- bellō
- horrida bella
Descendants
- English: antebellum, bellicose, belligerent, postbellum
Etymology 2
Inflection of bellus (“pretty”).
Adjective
bellum
- nominative neuter singular of bellus
- accusative masculine singular of bellus
- accusative neuter singular of bellus
- vocative neuter singular of bellus
References
- bellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- BELLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bellum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war: minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellum
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(ambiguous) to threaten war, carnage: denuntiare bellum, caedem (Sest. 20. 46)
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(ambiguous) a religious war: bellum pro religionibus susceptum
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(ambiguous) men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
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(ambiguous) to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo
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(ambiguous) the command-in-chief: summa belli, imperii (B. G. 2. 4. 7)
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(ambiguous) to make preparations for war: bellum parare
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(ambiguous) preparations for war; war-material: apparatus (rare in plur.) belli
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(ambiguous) to make formal declaration of war: bellum indīcere, denuntiare
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(ambiguous) a regular, formal war: bellum iustum (pium)
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(ambiguous) a civil war: bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)
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(ambiguous) to cause a war: bellum facere, movere, excitare
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(ambiguous) to kindle a war: bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)
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(ambiguous) to meditate war: bellum moliri
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(ambiguous) to commence hostilities: bellum incipere, belli initium facere (B. G. 7. 1. 5)
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(ambiguous) to interfere in a war: bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)
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(ambiguous) to be involved in a war: bello implicari
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(ambiguous) to begin a war with some one: bellum cum aliquo inire
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(ambiguous) a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
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(ambiguous) war breaks out: bellum oritur, exardescit
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(ambiguous) everywhere the torch of war is flaming: omnia bello flagrant or ardent (Fam. 4. 1. 2)
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(ambiguous) to make war on a person: bellum gerere cum aliquo
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(ambiguous) to wage war in conjunction with some one: bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)
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(ambiguous) to protract, prolong a war: bellum ducere, trahere, extrahere
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(ambiguous) to carry on a war energetically: omni studio in (ad) bellum incumbere
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(ambiguous) to invade: bellum inferre alicui (Att. 9. 1. 3)
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(ambiguous) to be the aggressor in a war; to act on the offensive: bellum or arma ultro inferre
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(ambiguous) to act on the defensive: bellum (inlatum) defendere
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(ambiguous) to go to war, commence a campaign: proficisci ad bellum, in expeditionem (Sall. Iug. 103)
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(ambiguous) to send to the war: mittere ad bellum
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(ambiguous) to have the control of the war: bellum administrare
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(ambiguous) to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
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(ambiguous) to put an end to war: belli finem facere, bellum finire
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(ambiguous) to terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents): bellum conficere, perficere
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(ambiguous) to terminate a war (by a treaty, etc.: bellum componere (Fam. 10. 33)
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(ambiguous) to transfer the seat of war elsewhere: bellum transferre alio, in...
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(ambiguous) the seat of war, theatre of operations: belli sedes (Liv. 4. 31)
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(ambiguous) to change one's tactics: rationem belli gerendi mutare (Liv. 32. 31)
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(ambiguous) to triumph over some one: triumphare de aliquo (ex bellis)
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(ambiguous) to threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war: minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellum