LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

bellicus

bellicus (feminine bellica, neuter bellicum)
Classical[ˈbɛl.lɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbɛl.li.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or pertaining to war; military
  2. adjectivewarlike, fierce in war
    fallor, an arma sonant? nōn fallimur, arma sonābant:Am I mistaken, or are weapons sounding? We are not being deceived, arms were clashing: Mars approaches, and as he comes, he has given warlike signs. (Games celebrated in May commemorated the dedication of the Temple of Mars Ultor; see also: Mars (mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.549–550

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebellicusbellicabellicum
genitivebellicībellicaebellicī
dativebellicōbellicaebellicō
accusativebellicumbellicambellicum
ablativebellicōbellicābellicō
vocativebellicebellicabellicum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebellicībellicaebellica
genitivebellicōrumbellicārumbellicōrum
dativebellicīsbellicīsbellicīs
accusativebellicōsbellicāsbellica
ablativebellicīsbellicīsbellicīs
vocativebellicībellicaebellica

bellĭcus (duellĭcus), a, um, adj. bellum,
I. of or pertaining to war, war-, military.
I. In gen.
A. Lit.: ars duellica, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 14: bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6; Suet. Calig. 43: disciplina, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: jus, id. Off. 3, 29, 107: virtus, id. Mur. 10, 22: laus, military glory, id. Brut. 21, 84; Caes. B. G. 6, 24: laudes, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78: gloria, Tac. A. 1, 52: caerimoniae, Liv. 1, 32, 5: certamina, Flor. 4, 12, 58: ignis, proceeding from the enemy, Liv. 30, 5, 8: tubicen, Ov. M. 3, 705: rostra, Tib. 2, 3, 40: navis, Prop. 2 (3), 15, 43. turba, id. 3 (4), 14, 13: parma, id. 2 (3), 25, 8: nomina, appellatives obtained by valorous deeds in war (as Africanus, Asiaticus, Macedonicus, etc.), Flor. 3, 8, 1: nubes, the misfortune of war, Claud. Laus. Seren. 196: columella. Fest. p. 27; cf. Bellona.— Hence, subst.: bellĭcum, i, n., a signal for march or for the beginning of an attack (given by the trumpet); always in the connection bellicum canere, to give the signal for breaking up camp, for an attack, for commencing hostilities: Philippum, ubi primum bellicum cani audisset, arma capturum, at the first signal will be ready to take arms, etc., Liv 35, 18, 6: simul atque aliqui motus novus bellicum canere coepit, causes the war-trumpet to sound, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Just. 12, 15, 11; App de Mundo, p. 71, 37.—
B. Trop.: idem bellicum me cecinisse dicunt. aroused, incited, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3.—And of fiery, inflammatory discourse: alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur et de bellicis rebus canit etiam quodammodo bellicum, sounds the alarm, Cic. Or 12, 39: non eosdem modos adhibent, cum bellicum est canendum, et cum posito genu supplicandum est, Quint. 9, 4, 11; 10, 1, 33. —
II. Transf., poet., = bellicosus, warlike, fierce in war: Pallas, Ov. M. 5, 46: dea, id. ib. 2, 752; id. F. 3, 814: virgo, id. M. 4, 754: Mars, id. F. 3, 1: deus, i.e. Romulus, id. ib. 2, 478: civitas, devoted to war, Vell. 2, 38, 3.—Of animals: equorum duellica proles, * Lucr. 2, 661.

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. Latinbellicus

From Old Latin duellicus.

Descendants
  • Catalanbèl·lic
  • Englishbellic
  • Englishbellicist
  • Frenchbellique
  • Italianbellico
  • Portuguesebélico
  • Spanishbélico
  • Galicianbélico

Quick answers

What does bellicus mean in Latin?
bellicus, a adjective, means “of or pertaining to war; military; warlike, fierce in war”.
How do you pronounce bellicus?
In classical Latin, [ˈbɛl.lɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbɛl.li.kus].
Where does bellicus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? → Proto-Italic *dwenos → Archaic Latin duenos → Old Latin *duenelos? → Old Latin duellum → Old Latin duellicus → Latin bellicus.