warlike Copy link Outline 1. mīlĭtāris, e2. bellĭcōsus (of w. disposition)3. bellĭcus4. bellĭger • warlike: 1. mīlĭtāris, e: w. matters, res militaris, Caes. B. G. 1, 21: a manly and w. mien, habitus corporis virilis ac militaris, Liv. 28, 35. 2. bellĭcōsus (of w. disposition): w. tribes, gentes b., Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33: a more w. year (more abounding in wars), bellicosior annus, Liv. 10, 9, ad fin. 3. bellĭcus: w. matters, res b., Cic. 4. bellĭger: w. nations, belligerae gentes, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 13. Phr.: things have a w. appearance, omnia belli speciem tenent (after Liv. 5, 41): the political horizon wears a w. aspect, *res ad arma spectant (Georg.). In the gen. sense of bold, courageous, fierce, etc., ferox, acer, strenuus, etc., may be equivalent of warlike, esp. in poetry.