The corpus record — Latin

belliger

belliger · adj

waging war

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Silvae 8 · 3.19/10k
Phaedra 2 · 2.81/10k
Achilleis 2 · 2.78/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 2.45/10k
Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.4/10k
Punica 18 · 2.36/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Thebais 5 · 0.8/10k
Tristia 1 · 0.44/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

bellĭger — Lewis & Short

bellĭger, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.bellum-gero,

I waging war, warlike, martial, valiant (poet.; esp. freq. in the post-Aug. per.): gentes, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 13: viri, Sil. 3, 124: Augustus, Claud. in Prob. et Olybr Cons. 74: Hannibal, Sil. 1, 38: numen, i.e. Mars, Stat. Achill. 1, 504: fera, i.e. the elephant used in war, Sil. 8, 261.—

II Of inanim things: manus, Ov A. A. 2, 672 ensis, id. M 3, 534: hasta, Mart. 5, 25: acies, Stat. Th. 12, 717: tropaea, id. ib. 10, 28: mens, Sil 3, 162: currus, id. 1, 434: axis, id. 17, 491: ars, id. 8, 261: labores, Val. Fl. 5, 617: lusus, Claud. VI. Cons Hon. 621

In the wild

belliger Statius, Thebais 12.546
belligeri Silius Italicus, Punica 7.292
belligeris Seneca, Medea 1
belligeris Silius Italicus, Punica 3.124
belliger Silius Italicus, Punica 17.300
belligeros Silius Italicus, Punica 13.532

6 of 45 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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