Bellona

From Latin, related to bellum.

Bellona

1. (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
   • Thomas Campbell

     But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
     Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
     All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
     All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

2. (astronomy) 28 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.

• (mythology): Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): 28 Bellona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Bellona (plural Bellonas)

1. A woman of great spirit and vigour.

Borrowed from Latin Bellōna.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛˈloː.naː/
• Hyphenation: Bel‧lo‧na

Bellona f

1. Bellona (Roman goddess of war)

From older Duellōna by a regular sound change. Cognate with Ancient Greek δύη (dúē, “misery, pain”) and with bellum (“war”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /belˈloː.na/, [bɛlˈloː.na]

Bellōna f (genitive Bellōnae); first declension

1. Goddess of war, sister (or sometimes wife) of Mars

First declension.

• (goddess of war): Enȳō (Greek equivalent)

• Bellōna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bellona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Bellona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Bellona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Bellona in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray