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|lshtext=<b>bellātrix</b>: īcis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[female]] [[warrior]]; freq. in [[close]] apposition, and [[taking]] the [[place]] of an adj. (cf. [[bellator]], II.), [[warlike]], [[skilled]] in [[war]], [[serviceable]] in [[war]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: ista [[bellatrix]] [[iracundia]], this [[warlike]] [[rage]], * Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54; cf. ira, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 118.
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|gf=<b>bellātrīx</b>,¹⁵ īcis, f. (f. de [[bellator]]), guerrière : Virg. En. 1, 393 &#124;&#124; adj<sup>t</sup>, belliqueuse, de guerre ; bellatrices aquilæ Claud. Ep. Nupt. Hon. Mar. 192, les aigles guerrières ; [[bellatrix]] [[belua]] Sil. 9, 516, l’[[animal]] de combat [l’éléphant] &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[bellatrix]] [[iracundia]] Cic. Tusc. 4, 54, colère de combattant.||adj<sup>t</sup>, belliqueuse, de guerre ; bellatrices aquilæ Claud. Ep. Nupt. Hon. Mar. 192, les aigles guerrières ; [[bellatrix]] [[belua]] Sil. 9, 516, l’[[animal]] de combat [l’éléphant]||[fig.] [[bellatrix]] [[iracundia]] Cic. Tusc. 4, 54, colère de combattant.
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