bellātrix — 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.