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Latin
Etymology
From dīmicō (“fight, struggle, contend”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
dīmicātiō f (genitive dīmicātiōnis); third declension
- a fight, battle, combat, encounter
- Synonyms: certāmen, proelium, pugna, bellum
- a contest, struggling, strife
- Synonyms: rixa, certatus, duellum
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.