verb deponent intransitive

dī-glădĭor

2nd PP dī-glădiāri

to fight for life and death, to contend fiercely

v. dep. n. [gladius], to fight for life and death, to contend fiercely (a Ciceron. word).

Prop.: cives inter se sicis, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.— •

Prop.: cives inter se sicis, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—

to contend warmly, dispute by extension •

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.

Perseus ID: n13923 Key: digladior