LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

bellātor

bellātor m (genitive bellātōris, feminine bellātrīx)
Classical[bɛlˈlaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[belˈlaː.tor]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. warrior, soldier, fighter
    Auctor historiae Graecae gravissimus Thucydides, Lacedaemonios, summos bellatores, non cornuum tubarumve signis, sed tibiarum modulis in proeliis esse usos refertThucydides, the most authoritative author of Greek history, tells us that the Lacedaemonians—the greatest of all warriors—did not use in battle horns or trumpets as signals, but instead the sound of pipesc. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.11.1

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

vir quī bene pugnat; bellātor vetus multa bella vīdit.
bellātor -ōris m — in Mille Verba, Castra in Aegyptō

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebellātorbellātōrēs
genitivebellātōrisbellātōrum
dativebellātōrībellātōribus
accusativebellātōrembellātōrēs
ablativebellātōrebellātōribus
vocativebellātorbellātōrēs

bellātor, ōris (ancient form duellā-tor, Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; cf. the letter B), m. bello.
I. A warrior, soldier (as capable of fighting, while miles signifies a soldier by profession; class.): domi bellique duellatores optimi, Plaut. Capt. prol. 68: si tu ad legionem bellator clues, at ego in culinā Ares, id. Truc. 2, 7, 54; id. Mil. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 3, 2, 97; id. Curc. 4, 3, 21; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 3; id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; id. Truc. 2, 7, 68; Cic. Balb. 23, 54: quis est, qui aut bellatori, aut imperatori, aut oratori quaerat aliquid, etc., id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; 4, 19, 43: ecqua pacifica persona desideretur an in bellatore sint omnia, id. Att. 8, 12, 4: adeo Sulla dissimilis fuit bellator ac victor, ut, etc., Vell. 2, 25, 3: primus bellator duxque, Liv. 9, 1, 2: fortes (opp. otiosi urbani), id. 5, 20, 6; 8, 8, 17; 7, 26, 13; 1, 59, 9; Tac. A. 1, 67; 4, 49; Ov. A. A. 3, 359; Juv. 8, 10; 13, 168; Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 12; Vulg. Isa. 3, 2 al.—Humorously of champion drinkers, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 5.—
II. Esp. (like amator, arator, venator, etc.; v. Zumpt, Gr. § 102; in close apposition with another subst., and taking the place of an adj.), warlike, ready to fight, martial, valorous (mostly poet.): bellator Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 614: bellator deus, the war-god Mars, id. ib. 9, 721.—So esp. freq. equus, a spirited, mettlesome horse, Verg. G. 2, 145; id. A. 10, 891; 11, 89; Ov. M. 15, 368; id. F. 2, 12; Val. Fl. 2, 385; Tac. G. 14.—Also absol.: feroci Bellatore sedens, Juv. 7, 127: taurus, Stat. Th. 12, 603.—Transf., of inanim. things: campus, the field of battle, Stat. Th. 8, 378: ensis, Sil. 13, 376; and of a stone used in play, Ov. A. A. 3, 359.

Origins

From bellō + -tor.

Descendants
  • Italianbellatore

Quick answers

What does bellātor mean in Latin?
bellātor, a noun, means “warrior, soldier, fighter”.
What is the genitive of bellātor?
The genitive singular is bellātōris. bellātor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce bellātor?
In classical Latin, [bɛlˈlaː.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [belˈlaː.tor].