_arma capere, sumere_—to take up one's arms.
_arma expedire_ (Tusc. 2. 16. 37)—to make ready for battle.
_galeam induere_—to put on one's helmet.
_armis (castris) exuere aliquem_—to disarm a person.
_arma ponere_ (not _deponere_)—to pile arms (cf. sect. XII. 3, note
_vestem deponere..._).
_ab armis discedere_ (Phil. 11. 33)—to lay down arms.
_in armis esse_—to be under arms.
_cum telo esse_—to be armed.
_extorquere arma e manibus_—to wrest weapons from some one's hands.
_res ad arma venit_—matters have reached the fighting-stage.
_tela iacere, conicere, mittere_—to discharge missiles.
_extra teli iactum, coniectum esse_—to be out of range.
_ad teli coniectum venire_ (Liv. 2. 31)—to come within javelin-range.
_se obicere telis_—to expose oneself to missiles.
_eminus hastis, comminus gladiis uti_—to use javelins at a distance,
swords at close quarters.
_gladium educere (e vagīna)_—to draw one's sword (from the scabbard).
_gladium in vaginam recondere_—to sheath one's sword.
_gladium stringere, destringere_—to draw one's sword.
_gladium alicui in pectus infigere_—to plunge one's sword in some
one's breast.
_gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere_ (Liv. 2. 46)—to transfix,
pierce a man's breast with one's sword.
_sicam, cultrum in corde alicuius defigere_[1] (Liv. 1. 58)—to plunge
a dagger, knife in some one's heart.
_decurrere (in armis)_—to manœuvre.
_vi et armis_—by force of arms.
[1] _defigere_ is also used metaphorically, e.g. _defigere omnes
curas, cogitationes in rei publicae salute_ (Phil. 14. 5. 13).