bellipotens

Latin

Etymology

From bellum (“battle”) +‎ -i- (connecting vowel) +‎ potēns (“powerful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /belˈli.po.tens/, [bɛlˈlʲɪpɔt̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /belˈli.po.tens/, [belˈliːpot̪ens]

Adjective

bellipotēns (genitive bellipotentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. mighty in battle

   Arma sunt bellipotentia. -- The soldiers are mighty in battle.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bellipotēns			bellipotentēs	bellipotentia
Genitive	bellipotentis			bellipotentium
Dative	bellipotentī			bellipotentibus
Accusative	bellipotentem	bellipotēns		bellipotentēs	bellipotentia
Ablative	bellipotentī			bellipotentibus
Vocative	bellipotēns			bellipotentēs	bellipotentia

Related terms

• bellātor
• bellātōrius
• bellātrīx
• bellātulus
• bellāx
• bellicōsus
• bellicus
• bellifer
• belligerātor
• belligerō
• bellisonus
• bellō
• bellor
• bellōsus
• bellum

Descendants

• English: bellipotent

References

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