Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 228.bellum on page 228
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bellum war
bellum is a Latin Noun that primarily means war.
Definitions for bellum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
war
English derivatives:
bellicose belligerent rebel rebellion revel
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
War, warfare. (b) (loc.) in war; and sim., at home and in the field, in war and peace.
- 2
A single or particular war. (b) (w. name, etc., specified).
- 3
Fighting, battle. (b) (w. spatial sense) the area of battle.
Sentences with bellum
Latin to English
Iste bellum semper faciēbat.Compare That man was always making war.
Illud bellum breve erat difficile.Compare That short war was difficult.
Cōnsiliīs istīus tyrannī quī trāns mare vīvit terrēmur, sed lībertātem amāmus at bellum magnā cum virtūte gerēmus.Compare We are terrified by the plans of that tyrant who lives across the sea; but we love liberty, and we shall wage war with great courage.
Ā mē petēbant nē bellum facerem.Compare They kept begging me not to make war.
Vīs bellī acerbī autem vītam eius paucīs hōrīs mūtāvit.Compare The force of a fierce war, however, changed his life in a few hours.
Plūrēs virī crēdunt hoc bellum esse peius quam prīmum bellum.Compare More men believe that this war is worse than the first war.
Caesare incertō, bellum timēbāmus.Compare Since Caesar was uncertain (with Caesar uncertain), we were afraid of war.
Cōpiae nostrae bellum longum contrā ācrēs manūs tyrannī gessērunt.Compare Our forces waged a long war against the tyrant's fierce bands.
Declension table for bellum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | bellum | bella |
| Gen. | bellī | bellōrum |
| Dat. | bellō | bellīs |
| Acc. | bellum | bella |
| Abl. | bellō | bellīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 27.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 228.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "bellum, bellī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed October 11, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/bellum-belli.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 27.bellum, bellī on page 27
