Bellona

See also: bellona

English

Bellona astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin, related to bellum.

Proper noun

Bellona

  1. (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
    • Thomas Campbell
      But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
      Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
      All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
      All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
  2. (astronomy) 28 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.

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Noun

Bellona (plural Bellonas)

  1. A woman of great spirit and vigour.

Dutch

Proper noun

Bellona f

  1. Bellona (Roman goddess of war)

Latin

Etymology

From older Duellōna by a regular sound change. Cognate with Ancient Greek δύη (dúē, “misery, pain”) and with bellum (“war”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /belˈloː.na/, [bɛlˈloː.na]

Proper noun

Bellōna f (genitive Bellōnae); first declension

  1. Goddess of war, sister (or sometimes wife) of Mars

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Bellōna Bellōnae
genitive Bellōnae Bellōnārum
dative Bellōnae Bellōnīs
accusative Bellōnam Bellōnās
ablative Bellōnā Bellōnīs
vocative Bellōna Bellōnae

Synonyms

  • (goddess of war): Enȳō (Greek equivalent)

References

  • Bellōna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Bellona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Bellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Bellona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Bellona in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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