dimico

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Latin micō

Latin dīmicō

From dis- + micō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.mɪ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.mi.ko]

Verb

dīmicō (present infinitive dīmicāre, perfect active dīmicāvī, supine dīmicātum); first conjugation

to fight, battle or attack
Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, cōnflīgō, committō, serō, dēcertō
- Dimicanti de fama deesse:
  To abandon one whose reputation is attacked

Conjugation

Conjugation of dīmicō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dīmicō	dīmicās		dīmicat	dīmicāmus	dīmicātis		dīmicant
	imperfect	dīmicābam	dīmicābās		dīmicābat	dīmicābāmus	dīmicābātis		dīmicābant
	future	dīmicābō	dīmicābis		dīmicābit	dīmicābimus	dīmicābitis		dīmicābunt
	perfect	dīmicāvī	dīmicāvistī		dīmicāvit	dīmicāvimus	dīmicāvistis		dīmicāvērunt, dīmicāvēre
	pluperfect	dīmicāveram	dīmicāverās		dīmicāverat	dīmicāverāmus	dīmicāverātis		dīmicāverant
	future perfect	dīmicāverō	dīmicāveris		dīmicāverit	dīmicāverimus	dīmicāveritis		dīmicāverint
passive	present	dīmicor	dīmicāris, dīmicāre		dīmicātur	dīmicāmur	dīmicāminī		dīmicantur
	imperfect	dīmicābar	dīmicābāris, dīmicābāre		dīmicābātur	dīmicābāmur	dīmicābāminī		dīmicābantur
	future	dīmicābor	dīmicāberis, dīmicābere		dīmicābitur	dīmicābimur	dīmicābiminī		dīmicābuntur
	perfect	dīmicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīmicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīmicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dīmicem	dīmicēs		dīmicet	dīmicēmus	dīmicētis		dīmicent
	imperfect	dīmicārem	dīmicārēs		dīmicāret	dīmicārēmus	dīmicārētis		dīmicārent
	perfect	dīmicāverim	dīmicāverīs		dīmicāverit	dīmicāverīmus	dīmicāverītis		dīmicāverint
	pluperfect	dīmicāvissem	dīmicāvissēs		dīmicāvisset	dīmicāvissēmus	dīmicāvissētis		dīmicāvissent
passive	present	dīmicer	dīmicēris, dīmicēre		dīmicētur	dīmicēmur	dīmicēminī		dīmicentur
	imperfect	dīmicārer	dīmicārēris, dīmicārēre		dīmicārētur	dīmicārēmur	dīmicārēminī		dīmicārentur
	perfect	dīmicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīmicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dīmicā		—	—	dīmicāte		—
active	future	—	dīmicātō		dīmicātō	—	dīmicātōte		dīmicantō
passive	present	—	dīmicāre		—	—	dīmicāminī		—
passive	future	—	dīmicātor		dīmicātor	—	—		dīmicantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dīmicāre		dīmicārī		dīmicāns		—
future		dīmicātūrum esse		dīmicātum īrī		dīmicātūrus		dīmicandus
perfect		dīmicāvisse		dīmicātum esse		—		dīmicātus
future perfect		—		dīmicātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dīmicātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dīmicandī	dīmicandō		dīmicandum	dīmicandō	dīmicātum		dīmicātū

Derived terms

References

“dimico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“dimico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“dimico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fight for hearth and home: pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicare
- to fight a pitched battle: in acie dimicare