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