bellipotens Latin · revision 9876

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ennius|origins=la bellum, la potēns}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [bɛlˈlɪ.pɔ.tẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [belˈliː.po.tens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bellipotēns''' (genitive bellipotentis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[bellum]] “war” and [[potēns]] “powerful”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan notes that ⟨bellum⟩ continues Old Latin [[duellum]], disyllabic in Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Ennius' ''Annals'', ''bellipotentēs sunt magis quam sapientipotentēs'' “they are mightier in war than in wisdom”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Poetic and rare, it meant mighty or valiant in war, as in Ennius, and as a noun the god of battle, Mars, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for mighty in battle, as of King Edwin in Alcuin.^(DMLBS) English ''bellipotent'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of Mars.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Mighty in war.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The god of war, [[m|en|mars|alt=Mars]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bellum]]

+ * [[potēns]]

+ * [[belliger]]

+ * [[en|bellipotent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}