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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - C
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..."