Fromdis- +‎micō.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈdiː.mi.koː/,[ˈd̪iːmɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈdi.mi.ko/,[ˈd̪iːmiko]

dīmicō (present infinitivedīmicāre,perfect activedīmicāvī,supinedīmicātum);first conjugation

1. tofight,battle orattack

   Synonyms:lūctor,repugnō,pugnō,contendō,dēcernō,concurrō,certō,bellō,cōnflīgō,committō,serō,dēcertō

   • Dimicanti de fama deesse :

     To abandon one whose reputation is attacked

• “dimico”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dimico”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dimico inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to fight for hearth and home:pro ariset focis pugnare, certare, dimicare
    
  • to fight a pitched battle:in acie dimicare