Lewis Short
proelĭor (prael-), ātus, 1
* V. dep. n. [proelium], to join battle, to engage in battle, fight (class.).
* 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.
* Transf.
* In mal. part.: ex animo proeliabor,App. M. 2, p. 119, 21.
* In gen., to contend, fight with words: vehementer proeliatus sum,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary