rebellis

Latin

Etymology

From rebellō (“I renew war”) + -is (although this usually forms adjectives from nouns, not from verbs), from re- (“again”) + bellō (“I wage war”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈbel.lis/, [rɛˈbɛlːʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈbel.lis/, [reˈbɛlːis]

Adjective

rebellis (neuter rebelle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. That makes war anew, waging war again; insurgent, rebellious.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	rebellis	rebelle		rebellēs	rebellia
Genitive	rebellis			rebellium
Dative	rebellī			rebellibus
Accusative	rebellem	rebelle		rebellēs rebellīs	rebellia
Ablative	rebellī			rebellibus
Vocative	rebellis	rebelle		rebellēs	rebellia

Related terms

• rebellātiō
• rebellātrīx
• rebelliō
• rebellium
• rebellō

Descendants

• Catalan: rebel
• Old French: rebelle
  • → Middle English: rebel, rabell, rebell, rebelle, reble, rebul, rebyll
    • English: rebel
    • Scots: rebel
  • French: rebelle
• Italian: ribelle
• Norman: r'bêle
• Portuguese: revel, rebel, rebelde
• Spanish: rebelde
• → Old Welsh: ryuel
  • Welsh: rhyfel

Noun

rebellis m (genitive rebellis, feminine rebellātrīx); third declension

1. rebel, insurgent

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rebellis	rebellēs
Genitive	rebellis	rebellium
Dative	rebellī	rebellibus
Accusative	rebellem	rebellēs rebellīs
Ablative	rebelle	rebellibus
Vocative	rebellis	rebellēs

References

• “rebellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rebellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rebellis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rebellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.