bellicum

== Latin == === Etymology === Neuter singular of bellicus, perhaps a clipping of bellicum signum. === Noun === bellicum n (genitive bellicī); second declension signal of attack, battle signal, fight signal (sounded by a war-trumpet to initiate a battle) w:Titus Livius ubi primum bellicum cani audisset. as soon as he heard that the fight signal was being given. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === Adjective === bellicum nominative neuter singular of bellicus === References === “bellicum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "bellicum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)