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bellatrix
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : bellātrix, īcis, f.id.
* A female warrior; freq. in close apposition, and taking the place of an (cf. bellator, II.), warlike, skilled in war, serviceable in war (mostly poet.).
* Lit.: Penthesilea,Verg. A. 1, 493: diva,i. e. Pallas,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 76: Minerva,id. M. 8, 264: Roma,id. Tr. 2, 321: Hispania,Flor. 2, 6, 38: cohors,Stat. Th. 6, 262: belua,i. e. the elephant,Sil. 9, 576.
* Transf., of inanim. things: carinae,Stat. Th. 7, 57: glaeba,i. e. producing warriors,Val. Fl. 7, 612: pompa,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 2: aquilae, ensigns, standards, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 193.
* Trop.: ista bellatrix iracundia, this warlike rage, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54; cf. ira,Claud. in Rufin. 2, 118.
* A female warrior; freq. in close apposition, and taking the place of an (cf. bellator, II.), warlike, skilled in war, serviceable in war (mostly poet.).
* Lit.: Penthesilea,Verg. A. 1, 493: diva,i. e. Pallas,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 76: Minerva,id. M. 8, 264: Roma,id. Tr. 2, 321: Hispania,Flor. 2, 6, 38: cohors,Stat. Th. 6, 262: belua,i. e. the elephant,Sil. 9, 576.
* Transf., of inanim. things: carinae,Stat. Th. 7, 57: glaeba,i. e. producing warriors,Val. Fl. 7, 612: pompa,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 2: aquilae, ensigns, standards, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 193.
* Trop.: ista bellatrix iracundia, this warlike rage, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54; cf. ira,Claud. in Rufin. 2, 118.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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