dĭca, ae, f., = δίκη, law t. t.,
a lawsuit, judicial process, action . Usually in the phrase dicam scribere (alicui) = δίκην γράφειν τινί, to bring an action against any one, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 30; Ter. Phorm. 127; 329; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 37; 2, 2, 17, § 42: subscribere, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 5; and stronger, impingere, to bring a heavy action against one, Ter. Phorm. 439: e lege Rupilia sortiri dicas oportere, to select the jury by lot , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, 42.