(adjective) : bellĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, bellum-gero
* Waging war, warlike, martial, valiant (poet.; esp. freq. in the post-Aug. per.): gentes,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 13: viri,Sil. 3, 124: Augustus, Claud. in Prob. et Olybr Cons. 74: Hannibal,Sil. 1, 38: numen,i.e. Mars,Stat. Achill. 1, 504: fera,i.e. the elephant used in war,Sil. 8, 261.
* Of inanim things: manus, Ov A. A. 2, 672 ensis,id. M 3, 534: hasta,Mart. 5, 25: acies,Stat. Th. 12, 717: tropaea,id. ib. 10, 28: mens, Sil 3, 162: currus,id. 1, 434: axis,id. 17, 491: ars,id. 8, 261: labores,Val. Fl. 5, 617: lusus,Claud. VI. Cons Hon. 621

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