bello — Lewis & Short
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. polemei=n 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. po/lemon polemei=n):
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