Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕ-bello, āvi, ātum, 1
* To wage war again (said of the conquered), to make an insurrection, to revolt, rebel (mostly postAug.; not in Cic. or Caes.; syn.: descisco).
* Lit.: Volsci rebellarunt,Liv. 2, 42; 4, 31; 40, 35; 8, 14, 5: crebrius,Suet. Aug. 21; Quint. 8, 5, 16 (but very dub. ap. Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1).—Poet.: tauro mutatus membra rebello,renew the combat,Ov. M. 9, 81; so id. ib. 13, 619.
* Trop.: credunt rebellare quae curaverint vitia,to break out again,Plin. 25, 13, 109, § 174: rebellat saepe umor, offers resistance (to writing), id. 13, 12, 25, § 81; cf.: Pudor rebellat,resists,Sen. Agam. 138: ille divus callidi monstri cinis in nos rebellat,i. e. the sphinx,id. Oedip. 106.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary