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