digladior
digladior, to fight for life and death, contend fiercely
dī-glădĭor, āri, v. dep. n. [gladius], to fight for life and death, to contend fiercely (a Ciceron. word).
- I Prop.: cives inter se sicis, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
- II Transf., to contend warmly, dispute, sc. with words: de quibus inter se digladiari solent (philosophi), Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28: cum aliquo tot voluminibus, id. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. 65, 14; cf. coupled with depugnare, id. ib. 15: digladientur illi, per me licet, id. Tusc. 4, 21.
dī-gladior, ātus sum, ārī (dis u. gladius), mit tödlichen Waffen sich herumschlagen, I) eig.: inter se, Cic. de legg. 3, 20: u. so cruentissimo inter se proclio, Oros. 3, 23, 20. – II) übtr., vom hitzigen Wortstreit, sich in den Haaren liegen, cum alqo, Cic. fr.: cum alqo tot voluminibus, Cic.: inter se de alqa re, Cic.: miserrimum est digladiari semper tum faciendis tum accipiendis iniuriis, Cic.: digladientur illi, per me licet, mögen sie sich immerhin aufs ärgste anfeinden, Cic.
See: digladiari
dīglădĭor, (16) ātus sum, ārī, intr. (dis, gladius), combattre [pr. et fig.] : Cic. Leg. 3, 20 ; Off. 1, 28.
dī-gladior atus, ārī, dep.
- gladius, to fight for life and death, contend fiercely: cives inter se sicis. —Fig.: de alquā re: digladientur illi per me licet.