belligero

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin belligerum, form of belliger (“waging war; warlike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /belˈli.d͡ʒe.ro/
• Rhymes: -idʒero
• Hyphenation: bel‧lì‧ge‧ro

Adjective

belligero (feminine belligera, masculine plural belligeri, feminine plural belligere)

1. (literary) belligerent, bellicose

   Synonym: bellicoso

Related terms

• belligerante
• belligeranza

Further reading

• belligero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

• belligeror

Etymology

From belliger +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /belˈli.ɡe.roː/, [bɛlˈlʲɪɡɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /belˈli.d͡ʒe.ro/, [belˈliːd͡ʒero]

Verb

belligerō (present infinitive belligerāre, perfect active belligerāvī, supine belligerātum); first conjugation

1. to wage war

Conjugation

   Conjugation of belligerō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	belligerō	belligerās	belligerat	belligerāmus	belligerātis	belligerant
	imperfect	belligerābam	belligerābās	belligerābat	belligerābāmus	belligerābātis	belligerābant
	future	belligerābō	belligerābis	belligerābit	belligerābimus	belligerābitis	belligerābunt
	perfect	belligerāvī	belligerāvistī	belligerāvit	belligerāvimus	belligerāvistis	belligerāvērunt, belligerāvēre
	pluperfect	belligerāveram	belligerāverās	belligerāverat	belligerāverāmus	belligerāverātis	belligerāverant
	future perfect	belligerāverō	belligerāveris	belligerāverit	belligerāverimus	belligerāveritis	belligerāverint
passive	present	belligeror	belligerāris, belligerāre	belligerātur	belligerāmur	belligerāminī	belligerantur
	imperfect	belligerābar	belligerābāris, belligerābāre	belligerābātur	belligerābāmur	belligerābāminī	belligerābantur
	future	belligerābor	belligerāberis, belligerābere	belligerābitur	belligerābimur	belligerābiminī	belligerābuntur
	perfect	belligerātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	belligerātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	belligerātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	belligerem	belligerēs	belligeret	belligerēmus	belligerētis	belligerent
	imperfect	belligerārem	belligerārēs	belligerāret	belligerārēmus	belligerārētis	belligerārent
	perfect	belligerāverim	belligerāverīs	belligerāverit	belligerāverīmus	belligerāverītis	belligerāverint
	pluperfect	belligerāvissem	belligerāvissēs	belligerāvisset	belligerāvissēmus	belligerāvissētis	belligerāvissent
passive	present	belligerer	belligerēris, belligerēre	belligerētur	belligerēmur	belligerēminī	belligerentur
	imperfect	belligerārer	belligerārēris, belligerārēre	belligerārētur	belligerārēmur	belligerārēminī	belligerārentur
	perfect	belligerātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	belligerātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	belligerā	—	—	belligerāte	—
	future	—	belligerātō	belligerātō	—	belligerātōte	belligerantō
passive	present	—	belligerāre	—	—	belligerāminī	—
	future	—	belligerātor	belligerātor	—	—	belligerantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		belligerāre	belligerāvisse	belligerātūrum esse	belligerārī	belligerātum esse	belligerātum īrī
participles		belligerāns	—	belligerātūrus	—	belligerātus	belligerandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		belligerandī	belligerandō	belligerandum	belligerandō	belligerātum	belligerātū

Descendants

• French: belligérer

References

• “belligero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “belligero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• belligero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.