bellant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bello, bellare, bellavi, bellatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
fight, wage war, struggle; take part in war/battle/fight (also animals/games);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aspernatus init; gaudent matresque nurusque Ogygiae, qualis thyrso bellante subactus mollia laudabat iam marcidus orgia Ganges. ecce..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...stagna cruore natant, non spumifer altius Hebrus Gradiuo bellante rubet. nec te admonet altrix unda tuasque manus..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...implenda choris; nunc induat illa quae petit et bellante potest gaudere marito.' sic Eriphylaeos aurum fatale penates inrupit..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...gemens, largoque umectat flumine voltum. Namque videbat, uti bellantes Pergama circum hac fugerent Graii, premeret Troiana iuventus..."Carmen Saeculare
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...bobus veneratur albis clarus Anchisae Venerisque sanguis, impetret, bellante prior, iacentem lenis in hostem. iam mari terraque manus..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...periculum esse, ne uicti magis timendi forent, quam bellantes fuissent. quippe in bello sociis Romanis Achaeos usos: nunc..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ducere in animo est. Nescio quo fato magis bellantes quam pacati propitios habemus deos. Quantum periculum ab illis..."