Lewis & Short

lĭcĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [liceor], to offer a price, to bid for any thing (ante- and postclass.).

  1. I. Lit.: ut ne licitare advorsum animi mei sententiam, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 104.
  2. II. Transf., to contend, fight: licitati in mercando sive pugnando contendentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.: inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 14 (Ann. v. 77 Vahl.): licitari machaerā adversum aliquem, Caecil. ap. Non. 134, 16 (Com. Fragm. v. 69 Rib.).