Latin edit

Etymology edit

bellum (war) +‎ -ger (bearing)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. waging war
  2. warlike, martial, valiant

Declension edit

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 edit

  • Spanish: belígero

References edit

  • 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.