belliger

Latin

Etymology

bellum (“war”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.ɡer/, [ˈbɛlːʲɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.li.d͡ʒer/, [ˈbɛlːid͡ʒer]

Adjective

belliger (feminine belligera, neuter belligerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. waging war
2. warlike, martial, valiant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	belliger	belligera	belligerum		belligerī	belligerae	belligera
Genitive	belligerī	belligerae	belligerī		belligerōrum	belligerārum	belligerōrum
Dative	belligerō		belligerō		belligerīs
Accusative	belligerum	belligeram	belligerum		belligerōs	belligerās	belligera
Ablative	belligerō	belligerā	belligerō		belligerīs
Vocative	belliger	belligera	belligerum		belligerī	belligerae	belligera

Descendants

• Spanish: belígero

References

• “belliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “belliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• belliger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.