_potestatem, copiam pugnandi hostibus facere_—to offer battle to the
enemy.
_potestatem sui facere (alicui)_ (cf. sect. XII. 9, note
_audientia..._)—to accept battle.
_proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare_—to provoke the enemy
to battle.
_pugnam detrectare_ (Liv. 3. 60)—to decline battle.
_supersedere proelio_—to refrain from fighting.
_hostem e manibus non dimittere_—to not let the enemy escape.
_locum ad pugnam idoneum deligere_—to choose suitable ground for an
engagement.
_diem pugnae constituere_ (B. G. 3. 24)—to fix a day for the engagement.
_signum proelii (committendi) exposcere_ (B. G. 7. 19)—to demand
loudly the signal to engage.
_signum proelii dare_—to give the signal to engage.
_vexillum proponere_ (Liv. 22. 3)—to fix the ensign on the general's
tent (as a signal to commence the engagement).
_ad arma concurrere_—to rush to arms.
_exercitum educere_ or _producere in aciem_—to lead the army to the
fight.
_ad vim et arma descendere_ (_vid._ sect. V. 9, note
_Similarly..._)—to have recourse to force of arms.
_in certamen descendere_—to engage in the fight.
_in aciem descendere_ (Liv. 8. 8)—to enter the field of battle.
_aciem (copias, exercitum) instruere_ or _in acie constituere_—to draw
up forces in battle-order.
_aciem triplicem instruere_ (B. G. 1. 24)—to draw up the army in three
lines.
_aciem explicare_ or _dilatare_—to extend the line of battle, deploy
the battalions.
_media acies_—the centre.
_subsidia collocare_—to station reserve troops.
_equites ad latera disponere_ (B. G. 6. 8)—to place the cavalry on the
wings.
_contionari apud milites_ (B. C. 1. 7)—to harangue the soldiers.
_contionem habere apud milites_—to harangue the soldiers.
_ad virtutem excitare, cohortari_ (or simply _adhortari,
cohortari_)—to incite to valour.
_animos militum confirmare_ (B. G. 5. 49)—to encourage, embolden the
soldiery.