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“fighting” in Latin
dīmicātiōa fight, battle, combat, encounter; a contest, struggling, strifeet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar bellumwarpugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarrel
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fighting
dimicatio, etc. Sometimes pugna, bellum; but in the oblique cases mostly by gerund: used or accustomed to fighting, *bello assuetus: fond of fighting, alacer ad pugnandum: cupidus pugnandi or pugnae: cupidus bellandi: certaminis avidus: some hard fighting, dies gravissimus (i. e., a day of hard fighting, Caes., B.G., 5, 43): there was a deal of hard fighting throughout the day, aegre is dies sustentabatur: there was, etc., by our troops, hic dies nostris longe gravissimus fuit: there was some hard fighting going on, acriter pugnabatur, magna vi certabatur; acriter or acerrime proeliabantur (sc. nostri et hostes).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fighting?
- The usual Latin words for “fighting” are dīmicātiō, et cētera, bellum; also pugna. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.