bellator

bellātor ōris, m

bello, a warrior, soldier, fighting man : de re p.: primus, L.—Esp. in apposition for an adj., warlike, ready to fight, martial, valorous : bellator Turnus, V.: deus, the war-god Mars , V.: equus, spirited , V.: bellator equus, the war-horse , Ta.; cf. feroci Bellatore sedens, Iu.