bellatrix

See also: Bellatrix

Latin

Etymology

From bellō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /belˈlaː.triːks/, [bɛlˈlʲäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /belˈla.triks/, [belˈläːt̪riks]

Noun

bellātrīx f (genitive bellātrīcis, masculine bellātor); third declension

1. a warrior woman, female warrior
2. (in apposition) warlike

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bellātrīx	bellātrīcēs
Genitive	bellātrīcis	bellātrīcum
Dative	bellātrīcī	bellātrīcibus
Accusative	bellātrīcem	bellātrīcēs
Ablative	bellātrīce	bellātrīcibus
Vocative	bellātrīx	bellātrīcēs

Related terms

• bellicōsus
• bellicum
• bellicus
• belliger
• belligerō

References

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