LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

bellicum

bellicum n (genitive bellicī)

Meaning

  1. neutersignal of attack, battle signal, fight signal (sounded by a war-trumpet to initiate a battle)
    Titus Livius ubi primum bellicum cani audisset. as soon as he heard that the fight signal was being given.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebellicumbellica
genitivebellicībellicōrum
dativebellicōbellicīs
accusativebellicumbellica
ablativebellicōbellicīs
vocativebellicumbellica

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

bellicum ī, n
bellicus, the war - trumpet, war-signal; only with canere, to call to arms, signal for the onset: motus novus bellicum canere coepit: bellicum me cecinisse dicunt, began hostilities.—Of style: canere quodam modo bellicum, sounds like a trumpet.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*dwenos
  3. Archaic Latinduenos
  4. Old Latin*duenelos?
  5. Old Latinduellum
  6. Old Latinduellicus
  7. Latinbellicum

Latin bellicum signumellip.? Latin bellicum Neuter singular of bellicus, perhaps elliptical for bellicum signum.

Quick answers

What does bellicum mean in Latin?
bellicum, a noun, means “signal of attack, battle signal, fight signal (sounded by a war-trumpet to initiate a battle)”.
What is the genitive of bellicum?
The genitive singular is bellicī. bellicum is neuter, second declension.
Where does bellicum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? → Proto-Italic *dwenos → Archaic Latin duenos → Old Latin *duenelos? → Old Latin duellum → Old Latin duellicus → Latin bellicum.