bellicum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Old Latin duellumder.
Latin bellum
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin -icus
Latin bellicusder.
Latin bellicum signumclip.?
Latin bellicum

    Neuter singular of bellicus, perhaps a clipping of bellicum signum.

    Noun

    bellicum n (genitive bellicī); second declension

    1. 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).

    singular plural
    nominative bellicum bellica
    genitive bellicī bellicōrum
    dative bellicō bellicīs
    accusative bellicum bellica
    ablative bellicō bellicīs
    vocative bellicum bellica

    Adjective

    bellicum

    1. 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)
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