bello

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

I.

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

A.

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.—

B.

With prepp.

1.

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.—

2.

With adversum or adversus:

adversum patrem tuum,

Nep. Them. 9, 2:

adversus Gentium,

Liv. 44, 30, 1.—

3.

With contra:

has contra,

Val. Fl. 6, 373.—

4.

With de:

de eo olim,

Tac. A. 12, 60.—

5.

With pro:

pro Samnitibus adversus Romanos,

Liv. 9, 42, 9.—

6.

With inter se, Curt. 9, 4, 15.—

C.

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

magno parenti,

Stat. Th. 8, 506; cf. Sil. 9, 503.—

D.

Impers. pass.:

quod in Italiā bellabatur,

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

bellatum cum Gallis eo anno,

Liv. 6, 42, 5.—

E.

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

hoc bellum a consulibus bellatum quidam auctores sunt,

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

II.

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