dimicatio

dīmicātiō ōnis, f

dimico, a fight, combat, struggle, encounter : maxima, Cs.: bellum ingenti dimicatione geritur, L.: priorum dimicationum fructus, Cs.: proelii: universae rei, a general engagement , L.— A combating, struggling, contest, rivalry : erepti sine dimicatione: in rem p.: cum dimicatio proposita sit, L.: vitae dimicationes, perilous contests : capitis.