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proelii

proelii is a Latin form of proelium, meaning “battle, fight”. It is the genitive singular neuter noun.

Found 44 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.19.6: … mpedimenta nostri exercitus ab iis qui in silvis abditi latebant visa sunt, quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat, ut intra silvas aciem ordinesque constituerant atque ipsi sese confirmaverant, subito omnibus cop …

Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.18.2.8: Proelii vero forma mirabilis, cum illas celeris volucrisque hostium navis hae graves tardaeque conprehenderent. Longe illis nauticae artes, detorquere remos et ludificari fuga rostra.

All forms of proelium (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.