dimicatio Latin · revision 31999

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *mikH-(e)ie-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [diː.mɪˈkaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [di.miˈkat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīmicātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dīmicātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dīmicō|-tiō|t1=to fight]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|dīmicō]] is made from [[m|la|micō|t=to dart, flicker]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*mikaje-]] and [[ine-pro|*mikH-(e)ie-|t=to blink]]; the Latin verb basically means to dash or move fast to and fro.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[cy|edmygaf|t=I admire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and Köbler record it first in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Cicero;^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) Cicero asks whether a naval battle was fought with little fighting.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the action of fighting or a fight, a battle, and figuratively a struggle or conflict, as Cicero's claim that he had exposed himself to many struggles for the citizens' safety;^(OLD 2012) the TLL notes that the plural begins with this passage.^(TLL) Lewis & Short call it frequent in good prose, in Caesar, Hirtius, Livy and Suetonius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler records it in the Carolingian Hrabanus Maurus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – Recorded in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a naval battle and of political struggles.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar and Hirtius of battles.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of battles.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|fight]], [[m|en|battle]], combat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|struggle]], conflict, contest.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dimico|alt=dīmicō]]

+ * [[mico|alt=micō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}