Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 209.bellus on page 209
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bellus pretty
bellus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means pretty.
Definitions for bellus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
pretty, handsome, charming
English derivatives:
belle beau beauty embellish belladonna belles-lettres
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Pretty, handsome, charming. (b) well, in good shape.
- 2
(freq. iron.) Fine excellent, smart, admirable. (b) excellent, fine (in a spec. capacity).
- 3
(of speech or writing) Pretty, nice, smart.
- 4
(of things) Nice, fine, excellent.
Sentences with bellus
Specs
Adjective details
Declension First/Second
Type -īus (gen.) and -ī (dat.)
Terminations Unknown
Word metrics
Frequency rank Unknown
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 28.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 209.
- Word frequencies
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "bellus, bella, bellum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/bellus-bella-bellum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 28.on page 28
