dimicatio

dimicatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Latin micō
Latin dīmicō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin dīmicātiō

    From dīmicō (“fight, struggle, contend”) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dīmicātiō f (genitive dīmicātiōnis); third declension

    1. a fight, battle, combat, encounter
      Synonyms: certāmen, proelium, pugna, bellum
    2. a contest, struggling, strife
      Synonyms: rixa, certatus, duellum

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dīmicātiō dīmicātiōnēs
    genitive dīmicātiōnis dīmicātiōnum
    dative dīmicātiōnī dīmicātiōnibus
    accusative dīmicātiōnem dīmicātiōnēs
    ablative dīmicātiōne dīmicātiōnibus
    vocative dīmicātiō dīmicātiōnēs

    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.
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