dictavit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quid est enim, quod in libellis meis placeat, dictavit auditor: illam iudiciorum subtilitatem, illud materiarum ingenium, bibliothecas, theatra..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ineruditus: nos melius, quibus sordet omne quod natura dictavit, qui non ornamenta quaerimus sed lenocinia, quasi vero..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...tertius ista venit?' Haec ego, quaeque dolor linguae dictavit; at illi conscia purpureus venit in ora pudor, quale..."