LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

bellicōsus

bellicōsus (feminine bellicōsa, neuter bellicōsum, superlative bellicōsissimus)
Classical[bɛl.lɪˈkoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[bel.liˈkɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewarlike, fierce, bellicose

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebellicōsusbellicōsabellicōsum
genitivebellicōsībellicōsaebellicōsī
dativebellicōsōbellicōsaebellicōsō
accusativebellicōsumbellicōsambellicōsum
ablativebellicōsōbellicōsābellicōsō
vocativebellicōsebellicōsabellicōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebellicōsībellicōsaebellicōsa
genitivebellicōsōrumbellicōsārumbellicōsōrum
dativebellicōsīsbellicōsīsbellicōsīs
accusativebellicōsōsbellicōsāsbellicōsa
ablativebellicōsīsbellicōsīsbellicōsīs
vocativebellicōsībellicōsaebellicōsa

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

bellĭcōsus (duellĭc-), a, um, adj. bellicus,
I. warlike, martial, valorous (mostly poet.; usu. of personal subjects; cf. bellicus): gentes immanes et barbarae et bellicosae, Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33: bellicosissimae nationes, id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; id. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 4, 1; Sall. J. 18, 12; Nep. Ham. 4, 1; Hor. C. 2. 11, 1; 3, 3, 57: provincia, Caes. B. C. 1, 85; Quint. 1, 10, 20: civitas, Suet. Gram. 1: fortissimus quisque ac bellicosissimus, Tac. G. 15. —Comp., Liv. 37, 8, 4.—Trop.: quod multo bellicosius erat Romanam virtutem ferociamque cepisse, i. e. fortius, Liv. 9, 6, 13: bellicosior annus, a more warlike year, id. 10, 9, 10 (cf. the opp. imbellis annus, id. 10, 1, 4).—Adv. not in use.

Origins

Latin bellicum signumellip.? Latin bellicum Latin -ōsus Latin bellicōsus From bellicum (“signal for battle”) + -ōsus (“rich in”).

Descendants
  • Catalanbel·licós
  • Englishbellicose
  • Frenchbelliqueux
  • Italianbellicoso
  • Portuguesebelicoso
  • Romanianbelicos
  • Spanishbelicoso
  • Friulianbelicôs
  • Galicianbelicoso

Quick answers

What does bellicōsus mean in Latin?
bellicōsus, a adjective, means “warlike, fierce, bellicose”.
How do you pronounce bellicōsus?
In classical Latin, [bɛl.lɪˈkoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [bel.liˈkɔː.s̬us].