(adjective) : rĕbellis, is, id.
* That makes war afresh, insurgent, rebellious (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: rebelles Aeneadae,Verg. A. 12, 185: Gallus,id. ib. 6, 858: Numidae,Ov. M. 15, 754: regio rebellis et indomita,Curt. 8, 1, 35: colonia,Tac. H. 4, 72: motus,Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 213.— Subst.: rĕbelles, ium, m., rebels, Tac. A. 1, 40; 2, 26; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 238; Vulg. Num. 14, 9.
* Trop.: rebellis amor,Ov. R. Am. 246: flammae seditione rogi,Stat. Th. 1, 35: cervix,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 155: animi,Spart. And. 5, 1.

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