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|lshtext=<b>dī-mĭco</b>: āvi (e. g. dimicavere, Vell. 2, 85, 1;<br /><b>I</b> dimicaverant, Caes. B. C. 2, 4, 3; dimicassent, Vell. 2, 85, 5 al.; dimicuisse, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 2; 2, 13, 28), ātum, 1, v. n., lit., to [[brandish]] one's weapons [[against]] the [[enemy]], i. e. to [[fight]], [[struggle]], [[contend]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: manum conserere [[atque]] armis dimicare, Caes. B. C. 1, 20, 4: armis cum [[aliquo]], Nep. Milt. 1, 2: ferro pro [[patria]], Liv. 1, 24: acie cum [[aliquo]], id. 2, 49 fin.; for [[which]]: in acie, Caes. B. G. 7, 64, 2: [[proelio]], id. ib. 5, 16, 2; 6, 31, 1 al.: equitatu, Nep. Eum. 3 fin.: [[adversus]] aliquem, Nep. Milt. 4 fin.: pro legibus, pro libertate, pro [[patria]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 19 et saep.: [[tuto]] dimicare, Caes. B. G. 3, 24, 2; so absol., id. ib. 2, 21, 5; 3, 17 fin. et saep.—Pass. impers.: ancipiti [[proelio]] dimicatur, Caes. B. C. 3, 63, 3; so, [[proelio]], id. ib. 1, 41, 3; 3, 72, 3 al.; and [[without]] [[proelio]], id. B. G. 5, 16, 1; id. B. C. 3, 85, 3; Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; cf.: in mortem dimicabatur, Vell. 2, 85, 4 al.—In partic. of gladiatorial combats, Suet. Caes. 26; 39; id. Calig. 27; 30; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With an abstr. [[subject]]: leonum [[feritas]] [[inter]] se non dimicat, Plin. H. N. 7 prooem. § 5.<br /><b>II</b> Transf. [[beyond]] the milit. [[sphere]], to [[struggle]], to [[strive]], to [[contend]]: omni ratione erit dimicandum, ut, etc., Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 22, 72: dimicantes competitores, Liv. 6, 41: de sua [[potentia]] periculo civitatis, Cic. Att. 7, 3; esp. [[with]] the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[risk]], [[hazard]]: reos, de capite, de [[fama]], de civitate, de fortunis, de liberis dimicantes (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[before]]: qui auderent se et salutem suam in [[discrimen]] offerre), Cic. Sest. 1: de honore et [[gloria]] (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[before]]: de [[vita]], de [[gloria]] in [[discrimen]] vocantur), id. Off. 1, 24, 83: de [[vita]] gloriae [[causa]], id. Arch. 10, 23; cf.: de [[vita]], id. ib. 11 fin.; Liv. 24, 26: de omnibus fortunis reip., Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 D.: de [[fama]], Nep. Timoth. 4, 3: de liberis, Liv. 3, 44 fin.; and: de [[repulsa]], i. e. at the [[risk]] of one, id. 6, 40; cf. also [[without]] de: ut in singulas horas capite dimices tuo, Liv. 2, 12 (in Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 56, the [[reading]] is [[dubious]], v. Madv. ad h. l.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In Tertullian, borrowed from the lang. of gladiators (v. [[supra]], no. I.): ad hanc jam lineam dimicabit nostra [[congressio]], Tert. Pudic. 6; id. adv. Marc. 1, 7.
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