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bellĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [bellum-gero],
- I. 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.
- II. 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
bellĭgĕrātor, ōris, m. [belligero], a warrior, combatant (post-class. and rare): Arimaspae, Avien. Perieg. 55; Ven. Vit. Mart. 3, 370; Vulg. 1 Macc. 15, 13; 16, 4.
bellĭgĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (bellĭ-gĕror, āri, v. dep., Hyg. Fab. 274 fin.) [bellum-gero],
- I. to wage or carry on war, to fight (very rare): nec cauponantes bellum, sed belligerantes, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 201 Vahl.); Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 39: postquam belligerant Aetoli cum Aliis, Plaut. Capt. prol. 24; id. Truc. 2, 7, 67: excitandus nobis erit ab inferis quoniam nobis non solum cum his … sed etiam cum fortunā belligerandum fuit, * Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 19 (but ap. Cic. Font. 16, 36, the true read. is in bello gerendo, B. and K.): cum Gallis tumultuatum verius quam belligeratum, Liv. 21, 16, 4: adversum accolas, Tac. A. 4, 46; 2, 5; 3, 73; Suet. Aug. 94.
- II. Trop.: cum Geniis suis, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 81: cum fortunā, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 21.
belligĕror, āri, v. belligero init.