dic
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dico, dicere, dixi, dictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
say, declare, state; allege, declare positively; assert; plead (case);; talk/speak; make speech; play (instrument); pronounce, articulate; utter; mean;; name/call; appoint, fix/set (date); designate, declare intention of giving;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nunc quantus Achilles. 'Immo age, et a prima dic, hospes, origine nobis insidias,' inquit, 'Danaum, casusque tuorum, erroresque..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...habebat: 'Annam, cara mihi nutrix, huc siste sororem: dic corpus properet fluviali spargere lympha, et pecudes secum..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ducat auo turmas et sese ostendat in armis dic' ait. ipse omnem longo decedere circo infusum populum..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...summotos arcet harena. Aeneas miratus enim motusque tumultu 'dic,' ait, 'o virgo, quid vult concursus ad amnem? quidve..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...voce superba: 'en, perfecta tibi bello discordia tristi; dic in amicitiam coeant et foedera iungant. quandoquidem Ausonio respersi..."Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Menalcas Dic mihi, Damoeta, cuium pecus? An Meliboei? Damoetas Non, verum Aegonos; nuper mihi tradidit Aegon. Menalcas Infelix..."Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...ternos, Amarylli, colores; necte, Amarylli, modo et "Veneris" dic "uincula necto". Ducite ab urbe domum, mea carmina, ducite..."Res Gestae II
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...timum et] tricen[simu]m tribuniciae potestatis. 5. [Dic]tat[ura]m et apsent[i e]t praesent..."