bellātor — Lewis & Short
bellātor, ōris (ancient form duellā-tor, m.bello.
Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; cf. the letter B),I A warrior, soldier (as capable of fighting, while miles signifies a soldier by profession;
class.): domi bellique duellatores optimi,Plaut. Capt. prol. 68:
si tu ad legionem bellator clues, at ego in culinā Ares,id. Truc. 2, 7, 54; id. Mil. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 3, 2, 97; id. Curc. 4, 3, 21; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 3; id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; id. Truc. 2, 7, 68; Cic. Balb. 23, 54:
quis est, qui aut bellatori, aut imperatori, aut oratori quaerat aliquid, etc.,id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; 4, 19, 43:
ecqua pacifica persona desideretur an in bellatore sint omnia,id. Att. 8, 12, 4:
adeo Sulla dissimilis fuit bellator ac victor, ut, etc.,Vell. 2, 25, 3:
primus bellator duxque,Liv. 9, 1, 2:
fortes (opp. otiosi urbani),id. 5, 20, 6; 8, 8, 17; 7, 26, 13; 1, 59, 9; Tac. A. 1, 67; 4, 49; Ov. A. A. 3, 359; Juv. 8, 10; 13, 168; Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 12; Vulg. Isa. 3, 2 al.—Humorously of champion drinkers, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 5.—
II Esp. (like amator, arator, venator, etc.; v. Zumpt, Gr. § 102; in close apposition with another subst., and taking the place of an adj.), warlike, ready to fight, martial, valorous (mostly poet.):
bellator Turnus,Verg. A. 12, 614:
bellator deus,the war-god Mars, id. ib. 9, 721.—So esp. freq. equus, a spirited, mettlesome horse, Verg. G. 2, 145; id. A. 10, 891; 11, 89; Ov. M. 15, 368; id. F. 2, 12; Val. Fl. 2, 385; Tac. G. 14.—Also absol.:
feroci Bellatore sedens,Juv. 7, 127:
taurus,Stat. Th. 12, 603.—Transf., of inanim. things:
campus,the field of battle, Stat. Th. 8, 378:
ensis,Sil. 13, 376;
and of a stone used in play,Ov. A. A. 3, 359.