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dīmĭcātĭo , ōnis, f. dimico,
I.a fight, combat, furious encounter (cf.: pugna, proelium, certamen, contentio, acies; freq. and good prose).
I. Lit., Caes. B. C. 3, 111, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 11; Liv. 25, 6 fin.; 31, 35 fin.; Suet. Aug. 10; 17; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 11 et saep.—In plur., Caes. B. G. 7, 86, 3; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 12.—
(β). With gen.: “proelii,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 5: “universae rei,a pitched battle, general engagement, Liv. 1, 38; “for which, universa,id. 22, 32. —
II. Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, a combating, struggling; a contest: “non modo contentione, sed etiam dimicatione elaborandum,Cic. Fam. 2, 6 fin.: “talis in remp. nostram labor, assiduitas, dimicatio,id. Balb. 2 fin.; Liv. 10, 24; Quint. 5, 7, 3; 6, 4, 4 al.
(β). With gen.: “vitae,” i. e. a perilous contest, Cic. Planc. 32: “capitis,id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.: “capitis, famae, fortunarumque omnium,id. Rab. Perd. 2, 5: “fortunae (c. c. discrimen),id. Sull. 28.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (19):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.6
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.5
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 8.11
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.86.3
    • Cicero, For Rabirius on a Charge of Treason, 2.5
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 32
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 28
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 2
    • Cicero, On the Consular Provinces, 9.23
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.111.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 10
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 32
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 38
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 7.3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 4.4
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