Adjective: bellus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | bellus |
| Singular fem. | bella |
| Singular neut. | bellum |
| Plural masc. | bellī |
| Plural fem. | bellae |
| Plural neut. | bella |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | bellī |
| Singular fem. | bellae |
| Singular neut. | bellī |
| Plural masc. | bellōrum |
| Plural fem. | bellārum |
| Plural neut. | bellōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | bellō |
| Singular fem. | bellae |
| Singular neut. | bellō |
| Plural masc. | bellīs |
| Plural fem. | bellīs |
| Plural neut. | bellīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | bellum |
| Singular fem. | bellam |
| Singular neut. | bellum |
| Plural masc. | bellōs |
| Plural fem. | bellās |
| Plural neut. | bella |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | bellō |
| Singular fem. | bellā |
| Singular neut. | bellō |
| Plural masc. | bellīs |
| Plural fem. | bellīs |
| Plural neut. | bellīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | belle |
| Singular fem. | bella |
| Singular neut. | bellum |
| Plural masc. | bellī |
| Plural fem. | bellae |
| Plural neut. | bella |
Comparison
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like bellus
palmātus,
rēctangulus,
ursīnus,
palmōsus,
negātōrius,
Cimmerius,
fēlīnus,
deltoīdeus,
flūctifragus,
Colōnēus,
recordātīvus,
erēmīticus,
nūnciātōrius,
idōneus,
carcinophagus,
servus,
sentus,
imāginōsus,
chelīdonius,
foetulentus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
3. Proto-Italic *dwenos
4. Old Latin duenos
5. Old Latin *duenelos
6. Latin bellus
7. From Old Latin *duenelos, diminutive of duenos (“good”) (whence bonus (“idem”)).
8. Compare typologically Russian хоро́шенький (xoróšenʹkij) (diminutive of хоро́ший (xoróšij)). Also compare приго́жий (prigóžij) (< *goditi, akin to го́дный (gódnyj), cognate with English good). See also Ancient Greek καλός (kalós) (means both beautiful and good), and Mongolian сайхан (sajxan) (akin to сайн (sajn)). Also note the first element of Greek όμορφος (ómorfos) (<< Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) + μορφή (morphḗ)) (for the second see fōrmōsus).
Verbs referencing "bellus"
Catalan Adjectives
bell, French Adjectives
beau, English Adjectives
beauty, Italian Adjectives
bello, Spanish Adjectives
bello, Galician Adjectives
belo, Portuguese Adjectives
belo.
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