dimicatio

Latin

Etymology

From dīmicō (“fight, struggle, contend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.miˈkaː.ti.oː/, [d̪iːmɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.miˈkat.t͡si.o/, [d̪imiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dīmicātiō f (genitive dīmicātiōnis); third declension

1. a fight, battle, combat, encounter
2. a contest, struggling, strife

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīmicātiō	dīmicātiōnēs
Genitive	dīmicātiōnis	dīmicātiōnum
Dative	dīmicātiōnī	dīmicātiōnibus
Accusative	dīmicātiōnem	dīmicātiōnēs
Ablative	dīmicātiōne	dīmicātiōnibus
Vocative	dīmicātiō	dīmicātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (battle): certāmen, proelium, pugna

References

• “dimicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dimicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dimicatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.