Meaning of duellum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. war
   Old-Latin, declension-2, neuter, poetic
2. combat between two contenders, duel
   Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter

Equivalents

Examples

“Abeo. Valete, iudices iustissimi / domi duellique duellatores optumi.”

Translation by Henry Thomas Riley Fare ye well, at home, most upright judges, and in warfare most valiant combatants.

“Victores victis hostibus legiones reveniunt domum,”

Victorious, the enemy vanquished, our legions are returning home, with a mighty war brought to an end and all the enemy slain.

“Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando.”

Death and life have contended in a marvelous combat.

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