proelior
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
proelĭor: (prael-), ātus, 1,
I v. dep. n. proelium, to join battle, to engage in battle, fight (class.).
I Lit.: legiones in ipsis fluminis ripis proeliabantur, Caes. B. G. 2, 23: pedibus, id. ib. 4, 2: ad Syracusas, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53: ita proelians interficitur, Caes. B. C. 2, 42: fortissime proeliando, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19: apes inter se et cum alteris quasi cum exteris gentibus proeliantur, Col. 9, 9, 5; cf. Hirt. B. Alex. 44; Caes. B. C. 1, 78; Just. 2, 11, 11: bella Domini, Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 17 et saep.—
II Transf.
A In mal. part.: ex animo proeliabor, App. M. 2, p. 119, 21.—
B In gen., to contend, fight with words: vehementer proeliatus sum, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prœlĭor,¹¹ ātus sum, ārī (prœlium), intr., combattre, livrer bataille : Cic. Div. 1, 53 ; Cæs. G. 2, 23, 3
