proelior

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proelĭor ( prael-), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [proelium], to join battle, to engage in battle, fight (class.).

Lit.:

legiones in ipsis fluminis ripis proeliabantur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

pedibus,

id. ib. 4, 2:

ad Syracusas,

Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53:

ita proelians interficitur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

fortissime proeliando,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

apes inter se et cum alteris quasi cum exteris gentibus proeliantur,

Col. 9, 9, 5; cf. Hirt. B. Alex. 44; Caes. B. C. 1, 78; Just. 2, 11, 11:

bella Domini,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 17 et saep.—

Transf.

In mal. part.:

ex animo proeliabor,

App. M. 2, p. 119, 21.—

In gen., to contend, fight with words:

vehementer proeliatus sum,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1.

bello, āvi, ātum, āre, 1, v. n. [bellum].

Prop., to wage or carry on war, to war, to fight in war (class.; cf.: milito, proelior).

Absol.:

fuit proprium populi Romani longe a domo bellare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32; 13, 36; id. Mur. 14, 32:

homines bellandi cupidi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2; Nep. Ham. 3, 1; id. Hann. 2, 1:

Romana arma primum Claudio principo in Mauretaniā bellavere,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 11:

verens, ne bellare perseveraret,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

neque prius bellare destitit, quam, etc.,

id. Epam. 8, 5;

Auct. B. Afr. 61: populus jam octingesimum bellans annum,

Liv. 9, 18, 9; 40, 47, 3; 42, 59, 10:

bellante prior, jacentem Lenis in hostem,

Hor. C. S. 51:

ad bellandum profecti,

Tac. H. 2, 40.—

With prepp.

With cum:

cum Poenis,

Cic. Verr 2, 4, 33, § 72:

cum diis,

id. Sen. 2, 5:

cum Ennio,

id. Arch. 11, 27; Nep. Hann. 1, 3; id. Timol. 2, 3; Liv. 6, 42, 4; 9, 41, 4; Curt. 8, 12, 12.—

With adversum or adversus:

adversum patrem tuum,

Nep. Them. 9, 2:

adversus Gentium,

Liv. 44, 30, 1.—

With contra:

has contra,

Val. Fl. 6, 373.—

With de:

de eo olim,

Tac. A. 12, 60.—

With pro:

pro Samnitibus adversus Romanos,

Liv. 9, 42, 9.—

With inter se, Curt. 9, 4, 15.—

With dat. ( poet.; cf. Gr. polemein tini):

magno parenti,

Stat. Th. 8, 506; cf. Sil. 9, 503.—

Impers. pass.:

quod in Italiā bellabatur,

Liv. 29, 26, 4; 43, 4, 5:

bellatum cum Gallis eo anno,

Liv. 6, 42, 5.—

With acc. (cf. Gr. polemon polemein):

hoc bellum a consulibus bellatum quidam auctores sunt,

conducted by, Liv. 8, 39, 16 (8, 40, 1). —

Transf., poet., in gen., to fight, contend:

quem quoniam prohibent anni bellare, loquendo Pugnat,

Ov. M. 5, 101.—Esp., with abl. of weapon, etc. (rare):

ense,

Sil. 3, 235:

manu,

id. 8, 498:

nec caestu bellare minor,

Stat. Th. 6, 829; Claud. Ep. 1, 30; cf. bellor

proelĭo, āre, 1, v. a. (ante-class.; collat. form of proelior): mortales inter sese pugnant, proeliant, Enn. ap. Non. 472, 31 (Trag. v. 26 Vahl.); cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

Impers. pass.:

proeliatum est,

Just. 19, 1, 9.