Plural of 'bellus' or relating to beautiful or warlike matters; used in Latin phrases or specialized contexts.
From Latin 'bellus' (beautiful, fine) or 'bellum' (war); primarily appears in English in classical Latin phrases or specialized academic discourse.
The Latin word 'bellum' (war) looks similar to 'bellus' (beautiful), which is ironically tragic—languages often fail to distinguish war's reality from aestheticized versions of it, shaping how cultures think about conflict.
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