arm (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.B. Intrans.I. to take one's a.sII. In sense of making preparation for war • arm (v.): A. Trans.: armo, 1: slaves were a.'d against their masters, servi in dominos armabantur, Cic.: the place itself a.'d them with stones in abundance, saxis eos affatim locus ipse armabat, Liv.: to surround one's person with a.'d men, armatis corpus circumsepire, Liv. Fig.: to a. the rashness of an excited multitude with public authority, temeritatem concitatae multitudinis auctoritate publica a., Cic.: a very great and superior intellect has a.'d you for everything, te ad omnia summum atque excellens ingenium armavit, Cic.: rage a.'d Archilochus with the fitting iambus, Archilochum proprio rabies armavit iambo, Hor. Phr.: we a.'d him then that we might now have to fight with him well prepared, illi tunc arma dedimus ut nunc cum bene parato pugnaremus, Cic.: of all the number about a fourth part was regularly a.'d., ex omni copia circiter pars quarta erat militaribus armis instructa, Sall.: light, heavy-a.'d, levis, gravis armatura; gravior armatus: v. LIGHT-ARMED, etc. Fig.: a.d with fortitude, tectus fortitudine, Cic. B. Intrans.: I. to take one's a.s: armor, 1: he orders the other cohorts to a., reliquas cohortes armari jubet, Caes.: prepare the young men to a., armari pubem para, Virg. Phr.: the king orders the men to a.. induere arma viros rex jubet, Ov.: in prose more freq. arma capere, Cic.: poet. accingi armis: v. to gird on. II. In sense of making preparation for war: bellum parare, Caes.: he a.s again, ad integrum bellum cuncta parat, Sall.: the state is a.ing, ad arma it civitas: v. war.