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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• fight (v.):
      1. 1. pugno, 1 (most gen. term): to f. very bravely, fortissime p., Caes.: Cic.: to f. on horseback, ex equo p., Cic. Very often used in pass. impers.: both sides fought well, acriter pugnatum est ab utrisque: comp. L. G. § 632.
      2. 2. dēpugno, 1 (to f. hard; to the death): Torquatus fought in single combat (à l'outrance) with a Gaul, Torquatus cum Gallo depugnavit, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73: Caes. Esp. of combats of gladiators, where one party was nearly certain to be killed: hence fig., one pair is left to f. it out, pleasure and virtue, unum par quod depugnet reliquum est, voluptas cum honestate, Cic. Acad. 2, 46, 140.
      3. 3. prōpugno, 1 (to f. in defence of): to f. in defence of one's offspring, pro suo partu p., Cic. Fig.: to f. for justice, pro aequitate p., Cic. Off. 1, 19, 62.
      4. 4. dīmĭco, āvi and ui, ātum, 1 (strictly, to brandish weapons; hence often used with armis, ferro, acie, etc.): to f. for one's country, ferro pro patria d., Liv. 1, 24: to f. a battle, acie, proelio d., Caes.; also in acie d., Caes. B. G. 7, 64; and absol., Caes. B. G. 5, 16. Fig.: to f. for honour and glory, de honore et gloria d., Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83.
      5. 5. proelior, 1 (strictly, in a pitched battle): the legions were f.ing on the very banks of the river, legiones in ipsis fluminis ripis proeliabantur, Caes. B. G. 2, 23: Curio fell f.ing, C. proelians interficitur, Caes. Fig.: I fought my battle keenly and vigorously (in the Senate), acriter et vehementer proeliatus sum, Cic. Att. 1, 16, init.
      6. 6. certo, concerto, 1 (applicable to any kind of strife or struggle): to f. with fists, heels, nails, even with the teeth, pugnis, calcibus, unguibus, morsu denique c., Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77: v. to contend.
      7. 7. bello, 1 (strictly distinguished from pugno as bellum from pugna; but used poet. = pugno): to f. with the caestus, caestu b., Stat.; with the hand, manu b., Sil. Cf. Hor. Od. 1, 18, 8: rixa super mero debellata, a quarrel fought out over the cups.
      8. 8. dīglădior, 1 (with sword or dagger): to f. with daggers, inter se sicis d., Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 20. Fig.: they may f. away for all I care, digladientur per me licet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 47. Phr.: to f. a battle, proelium edere, committere; proelio congredi, etc. (v. battle; to engage): to f. one's way through the midst of the enemy, per medios hostes perrumpere, Caes. B. G. 6, 40.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FIGHT
1. pugnare (denotes a formal intentional battle, and that on its fairest side, as requiring skill and courage): eonfligere (with or without armis, manu, proelio, denotes any engagement, often in consequence of an accidental collision; and on its rough side, as causing slaughter and carnage; confligere cum aliquo or inter se): decernere (mostly with armis, ferro, proelio, acie; to fight with the view of settling a quarrel): dimicare (especially with reference to a speedy determination, and to what one risks, what is at stake; mostly therefore in a good sense; dimicare pro legibus, patria, libertate; and IMPROP., what is at stake being expressed by de; dimicare de capite, fama, civitate, gloria, etc.; also with proelio, acie): digladiari (to fight with sword or poniard, like a practised gladiator or assassin: to fight with each other, digladiari inter se): proeliari (Döderlein makes proelium the occasional engagement of particular divisions of the army; but it would rather seem to refer to the military movements, positions, etc., of an engagement; also, IMPROP., with words): conflictari, with anybody, cum aliquo (e.g., cum adversa fortuna, Nep.): depugnare: decertare (= pugnare, certare, with the added notion of perseverance till one party is defeated; depugnare also of gladiators; used also IMPROP., cum fame): arma ferre in or contra aliquem (to take up arms against him): contendere: certare: concertare: decertare (with reference to the contest, armis, proelio, acie): proelium or pugnam facere or edere (to fight a battle): luctari (as a wrestler; also, cum fluctibus): pugilare (to box). To fight a battle, proelium or pugnam facere or edere: proeliari (general term); proelio decertare, or decernere, or dimicare: to fight for anything (e.g., for one’s country, etc.), pugnare, dimicare, decernere pro re; with a sword, ferro decernere: to fight a duel, ex provocatione dimicare: to fight anybody, manu eonfligere cum aliquo: to fight with fists, heels, teeth, etc., pugnis contendere; pugnis, calcibus, morsu certare: to fight about anything, pugnare, certare, contendere, dimicare, de re: he challenged their king to fight a duel with him, sibi regem eorum privatum hostem deposcit (Justinus, 12, 8, 3): to fight against an opinion, sententiam impugnare: to fight against anybody, pugnare in hostem (Liv.), adversus multitudinem (Sall.): to fight a battle with anybody, pugnam committere cum aliquo. To fight one’s way through the very midst of the enemy, per medios or per mediam hostium aciein perrumpere: to fight one’s way to anybody, ad aliquem erumpere: to fight one’s way through a crowd, penetrare per densam turbam: to fight it out, armis disceptare de re.
2. s. Vid. BATTLE, COMBAT.