dicacis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dicax, dicacis (gen.), dicacior -or -us, dicacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
witty; sarcastic; w/ready tongue; given to mocking another; satirical (L+S);
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)
Examples
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...alio culpante, solutos qui captat risus hominum famamque dicacis, fingere qui non visa potest, conmissa tacere qui nequit..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...potus et exlex. Verum ita risores, ita commendare dicacis conueniet Satyros, ita uertere seria ludo, ne quicumque deus..."