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bellatrix

From LSJ

Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22

Latin > English

bellatrix (gen.), bellatricis ADJ :: warlike, martial; skilled/useful in war; of animals/things used in war
bellatrix bellatrix bellatricis N F :: female warrior

Latin > Greek

αἴχμητις, πολεμίστρια, λοχῖτις

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bellātrix: īcis, f. id.,
I 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.).
I 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.—
   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.—
II Trop.: ista bellatrix iracundia, this warlike rage, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54; cf. ira, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 118.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

bellātrīx,¹⁵ īcis, f. (f. de bellator), guerrière : Virg. En. 1, 393 || adjt, 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.

Latin > German (Georges)

bellātrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu bellator) = πολεμική, kriegerisch, streitbar, zum Kriegführen geschickt, Roma, Ov.: Diva, Pallas, Ov.: Amazon, Lact.: Thraciae gentes, Amm.: belua, der Elefant, Sil.: gleba, Krieger hervorbringend, Val. Flacc.: aquilae, Feldzeichen, Fahnen, Claud. – übtr., ista b. iracundia, Cic. Tusc. 4, 54: b. ira, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 118.

Latin > Chinese

*bellatrix, icis. f. :: 好戰之女