dicta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dicto, dictare, dictavi, dictatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dictate (for writing/speaking); compose; draw up; order/prescribe; fix (survey);; say/declare/assert repeatedly/habitually/often/frequently; reiterate; recite;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →dictum, dicti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
words/utterance/remark; one's word/promise; saying/maxim; bon mot, witticism;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...principe nostrum. surge age et haec laetus longaeuo dicta parenti haud dubitanda refer: Corythum terrasque requirat Ausonias; Dictaea..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...respicit urbes, adloquere et celeris defer mea dicta per auras. non illum nobis genetrix pulcherrima talem promisit Graiumque..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...patris Anchisae gremio complectitur ossa?' haec ubi dicta, petunt portus et vela secundi intendunt Zephyri; fertur cita gurgite..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nostris: hic ego namque tuas sortis arcanaque fata dicta meae genti ponam, lectosque sacrabo, alma, viros. foliis tantum..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...accipit et numerum divorum altaribus auget.' Dixerat, et dicta Ilioneus sic voce secutus: 'rex, genus egregium Fauni..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nunc sociorum adsuescite mensis.' Haec ubi dicta, dapes iubet et sublata reponi pocula gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sidera testor; tantum infelicem nimium dilexit amicum.' talia dicta dabat, sed viribus ensis adactus transadigit costas et candida..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...accumbere divom, nimborumque facis tempestatumque potentem.' Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus: ac venti..."
