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
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..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...causis? quo tantae cladis pretio stetit? pro patria bellavimus? voverat Tarquinius Priscus rex bello Sabino, ieceratque fundamenta..."