Latin noun
bellum
bellum, bellī n.
bellum is a Latin noun. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “war” (2 times), “in war” (once) and “wars” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from bellum to the words it goes with.
Commotis bellis propter raptarum iniuriam Caeninenses vicit, Antemnates, Crustuminos, Sabinos, Fidenates, Veientes.
Having stirred up wars on account of the injury of abducted women, he conquered the Caeninenses, Antemnates, Crustuminos, Sabinos, Fidenates, and Veientes.
bellis: subject of the passive Commotis.
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum, Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
and having suffered much also in war, until he founded a city, and brought his gods to Latium, whence came the Latin race, and the Alban fathers, and the walls of high Rome.
bello: tells how, where or when about passus.
…proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt
Of all these, the Belgians are the bravest, because they are furthest removed from the civilization and refinement of the province, and merchants least often travel to them and import those things which pertain to weakening their spirits, and they are nearest to the Germans, who live across the Rhine, with whom they continually wage war.
bellum: object of gerunt.
…suis finibus eos prohibent aut ipsi in eorum finibus bellum gerunt
For this reason, the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in courage, because they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, since they either keep them from their own territory or themselves wage war in their territory.
bellum: object of gerunt.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| bellum | Accusative · Singular · Neuter | 2 |
| bellis | Ablative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
| bello | Ablative · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.