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bello, āvi, ātum, āre, 1, v. n. [bellum].

  1. I. Prop., to wage or carry on war, to war, to fight in war (class.; cf.: milito, proelior).
    1. A. Absol.: fuit proprium populi Romani longe a domo bellare, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32; 13, 36; id. Mur. 14, 32: homines bellandi cupidi, Caes. B. G. 1, 2; Nep. Ham. 3, 1; id. Hann. 2, 1: Romana arma primum Claudio principo in Mauretaniā bellavere, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 11: verens, ne bellare perseveraret, Nep. Them. 5, 1: neque prius bellare destitit, quam, etc., id. Epam. 8, 5; Auct. B. Afr. 61: populus jam octingesimum bellans annum, Liv. 9, 18, 9; 40, 47, 3; 42, 59, 10: bellante prior, jacentem Lenis in hostem, Hor. C. S. 51: ad bellandum profecti, Tac. H. 2, 40.
    2. B. With prepp.
      1. 1. With cum: cum Poenis, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 33, § 72: cum diis, id. Sen. 2, 5: cum Ennio, id. Arch. 11, 27; Nep. Hann. 1, 3; id. Timol. 2, 3; Liv. 6, 42, 4; 9, 41, 4; Curt. 8, 12, 12.
      2. 2. With adversum or adversus: adversum patrem tuum, Nep. Them. 9, 2: adversus Gentium, Liv. 44, 30, 1.
      3. 3. With contra: has contra, Val. Fl. 6, 373.
      4. 4. With de: de eo olim, Tac. A. 12, 60.
      5. 5. With pro: pro Samnitibus adversus Romanos, Liv. 9, 42, 9.
      6. 6. With inter se, Curt. 9, 4, 15.
    3. C. With dat. (poet.; cf. Gr. πολεμεῖν τινι): magno parenti, Stat. Th. 8, 506; cf. Sil. 9, 503.
    4. D. Impers. pass.: quod in Italiā bellabatur, Liv. 29, 26, 4; 43, 4, 5: bellatum cum Gallis eo anno, Liv. 6, 42, 5.
    5. E. With acc. (cf. Gr. πόλεμον πολεμεῖν): hoc bellum a consulibus bellatum quidam auctores sunt, conducted by, Liv. 8, 39, 16 (8, 40, 1).
  2. II. Transf., poet., in gen., to fight, contend: quem quoniam prohibent anni bellare, loquendo Pugnat, Ov. M. 5, 101.
    Esp., with abl. of weapon, etc. (rare): ense, Sil. 3, 235: manu, id. 8, 498: nec caestu bellare minor, Stat. Th. 6, 829; Claud. Ep. 1, 30; cf. bellor

Bellocassi, ōrum (also Velocasses, ium, Caes. B. G 2, 4, and Velliocasses, Hirt. B. G. 8, 7), m., a people on the right bank of the Seine, from the mouth of the Oise to the town Le Pont de l’Arche, Caes. B. G. 7, 75

Bellōna (old form Duellōna; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 49 Müll., and the letter B), ae. f. [Bellona a bello nunc, quae Duellona a duello, Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll.]: ’Ενυώ, ’Εριννύς, θεὰ πολεμική, Gloss., the goddess of war, sister of Mars, whose temple, built by Appius Claudius Cœcus (Inscr. Orell. 539). in the ninth district of the city, was situated not far from the Circus Maximus, Publ. Vict. Descr. Urb.
A place of assemblage for the Senate for proceedings with persons who were not allowed entrance into the city, Liv. 26, 21, 1; 28, 9, 5; 30, 21, 12 al.; Verg. A. 8, 703; Hor. S. 2, 3, 223: Bellona dicebatur dea bellorum, ante cujus templum erat columella, quae Bellica vocabatur, super quam hastam jaciebant, cum bellum indicebatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 33 Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 201 sq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 53: cos. SENATVM. CONSOLVERVNT. N. OCTOB. APVD. AEDEM. DVELONAI., S. C. Bacch., v. Append.; Plaut. Am. prol. 43; Ov. M. 5, 155; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1313; Claud. in Prob. et Olybr. Cons. 121; id. in Ruf. 1, 342; 2, 263; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 12; Eutr. 1, 314; 2, 110; 2, 145; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 371; id. B. Get. 34; 466; Petr. 124, 256; Inscr. Orell. 1903; 2316. Her priests (turba entheata Bellonae, Mart. 12, 57, 11: Bellōnārii, ōrum, Acron. ad Hor. S. 2, 3, 223 dub.) and priestesses were accustomed, in their mystic festivals. especially on the 20th of March (hence dies sanguinis, Treb. Claud. 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2318), to gash their arms and shoulders with knives, and thus to offer their blood, Tib. 1, 6, 45 sq.; Juv. 4, 123; Luc. 1, 565; Tert. Apol. 9; Lact. 1, 21, 16; Min. Fel. Oct. 30, 5.

bellōnārĭa, ae, f., the plant solanum, used by the priests at the festival of Bellona (v. Bellona), App. Herb. 74.

Bellōnārii, v. Bellona.

bellor, āri, 1, dep. (collat. form of bello), to carry on war, to war, to fight (poet.): et pictis bellantur Amazones armis, Verg. A. 11, 660: et nudis bellantur equis, Sil. 2, 349; cf. Non. p. 472, 9; Prisc. 8, 4, 24, p. 796 P.

* bellōsus, a, um, adj. [bellum], warlike: genus, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 80, 33.

Bellŏvăci, ōrum, m., = Βελλοάκοι, Strab.; Βελλούακοι, Ptol., a people in Gallia Belgica, in the modern Beauvais, Caes. B. G. 2, 4; 2, 13; 7, 59; 7, 75; Hirt. B. G. 8, 7; 8, 14; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106.