bellavimus
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...orsi a foedere, quod nobiscum icerant, qua tempestate bellavimus adversus regem Macedonum, cui ut degeneri Pseudophilippi vocabulum impositum..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...causis? quo tantae cladis pretio stetit? pro patria bellavimus? voverat Tarquinius Priscus rex bello Sabino, ieceratque fundamenta..."