re-bello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., 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.