dimicabant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dimico, dimicare, dimicavi, dimicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
fight, battle; struggle/contend/strive; brandish weapons; be in conflict/peril;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...stabat; equites barbari levisque armaturae proeliis minutis comminus dimicabant. Caesar ab eo opere cum iam sub vesperum copias..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romano accenso. acerrime media acies, duae fortissimae legiones, dimicabant. quas cum aliter moueri loco non posse hostis cerneret..."