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bellĭgĕro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (bellĭ-gĕror , āri, v. dep., Hyg. Fab. 274 fin.) [bellum-gero],
I.to wage or carry on war, to fight (very rare): nec cauponantes bellum, sed belligerantes, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 201 Vahl.); Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 39: “postquam belligerant Aetoli cum Aliis,” Plaut. Capt. prol. 24; id. Truc. 2, 7, 67: excitandus nobis erit ab inferis quoniam nobis non solum cum his... sed etiam cum fortunā belligerandum fuit, * Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 19 (but ap. Cic. Font. 16, 36, the true read. is in bello gerendo, B. and K.): “cum Gallis tumultuatum verius quam belligeratum,” Liv. 21, 16, 4: “adversum accolas,” Tac. A. 4, 46; 2, 5; 3, 73; Suet. Aug. 94.—
II. Trop.: “cum Geniis suis,” Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 81: “cum fortunā,” Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 21.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, To the Citizens after his Return, 8.19
    • Cicero, To the Citizens after his Return, 8.21
    • Cicero, For Marcus Fonteius, 16.36
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 94
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.46
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 1.2
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 16
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.39
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