bellicus

From bellum (“war”) +‎ -icus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl.lɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl.li.kus]

bellicus (feminine bellica, neuter bellicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to war; military
2. warlike, fierce in war
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.549–550:

     fallor, an arma sonant? nōn fallimur, arma sonābant:
     Mārs venit et veniēns bellica signa dedit.

     Am I mistaken, or are weapons sounding? We are not being deceived, arms were clashing: Mars approaches, and as he comes, he has given warlike signs.
     (Games celebrated in May commemorated the dedication of the Temple of Mars Ultor; see also: Mars (mythology).)

First/second-declension adjective.

• (military): mīlitāris, mīlitārius
• (warlike): armifer, armiger, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellifer, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris

• bellicōsus

• Catalan: bèl·lic
• English: bellic, bellicist
• French: bellique (obsolete)
• Galician: bélico
• Italian: bellico
• Portuguese: bélico
• Spanish: bélico

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