bellum

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɛl.lũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛl.lum] === Etymology 1 === From older form duellum; compare the changes from duis to bis and from duonus to bonus. ==== Noun ==== bellum n (genitive bellī); second declension war Synonyms: certāmen, certatus, dīmicātiō, duellum, proelium, pugna, rixa Flavius Vegetius ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative. Locative used in the sense "at war". ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== →⇒ English: antebellum, interbellum, postbellum (learned) →⇒ Romanian: răzbel (learned) === Etymology 2 === Inflection of bellus (“pretty”). ==== Adjective ==== bellum inflection of bellus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === References === “bellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "bellum", 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) “bellum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Dizionario Latino, Olivetti == Old English == === Noun === bellum dative plural of belle