bellatrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From bellō, bellātum (“to wage or carry out war”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛlˈlaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [belˈlaː.triks] === Noun === bellātrīx f (genitive bellātrīcis, masculine bellātor); third declension a warrior woman, female warrior (in apposition) warlike ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== bellicōsus bellicum bellicus belliger belligerō === Adjective === bellātrīx (feminine bellātrīx); third-declension defective adjective (feminine-only when singular, feminine or neuter when plural) warlike ==== Declension ==== Third-declension defective adjective (feminine-only when singular, feminine or neuter when plural). === 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.