dimico Latin · revision 9487

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la micō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdiː.mɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdiː.mi.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīmicō''' (present infinitive dīmicāre, perfect active dīmicāvī, supine dīmicātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Ovid has the perfect ''dīmicuī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] and [[micō]] “to flicker, dart”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨micō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*mikaje-]], from [[ine-pro|*mikH-éye-|t=to blink]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of fighting in battle.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to fight, contend in battle, as in Cicero and Caesar, and figuratively to struggle, strive, as in Livy, and Cicero has ''prō lēgibus, prō lībertāte, prō patriā dīmicāre''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to fight, struggle, contend.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of struggling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|fight]], contend in battle.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To struggle, strive.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīmicātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[micō]]

+ * [[pugnō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}