Bellona
See also: bellona
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin, related to bellum.
Proper noun edit
Bellona
- (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
- 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia:
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
- (astronomy) 28 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms edit
- (astronomy): 28 Bellona, ㉘
Translations edit
Roman war goddess
See also edit
- (mythology): Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (astronomy): 28 Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun edit
Bellona (plural Bellonas)
- A woman of great spirit and vigour.
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Proper noun edit
Bellona f
- Bellona (Roman goddess of war)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From older Duellōna by a regular sound change. Cognate with Ancient Greek δύη (dúē, “misery, pain”) and with bellum (“war”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /belˈloː.na/, [bɛlˈlʲoːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /belˈlo.na/, [belˈlɔːnä]
Proper noun edit
Bellōna f (genitive Bellōnae); first declension
- Goddess of war, sister (or sometimes wife) of Mars
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Bellōna | Bellōnae |
Genitive | Bellōnae | Bellōnārum |
Dative | Bellōnae | Bellōnīs |
Accusative | Bellōnam | Bellōnās |
Ablative | Bellōnā | Bellōnīs |
Vocative | Bellōna | Bellōnae |
Synonyms edit
- (goddess of war): Enȳō (Greek equivalent)
References edit
- “Bellōna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Bellona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bellona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Bellona”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray