dictorum
Dictionary entries
- 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;
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. 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;
gen. pl. - Entry →dictor, dictoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
speaker; orator;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...legem "antistites". Nam cum insolentias verborum a veteribus dictorum plerumque respueret, huius tamen verbi in ea parte sonitu..."Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...haec historiast in libro Valerii Maximi factorum et dictorum memorabilium nono. VIII Reditiones in gratiam nobilium uirorum memoratu..."Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...quas supra dixi, fabulis delicta sua et petulantias dictorum, quibus multos ante laeserat, diluisset. IV. Quod P. Africano..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...notavi mihi Ascylti fugam <. . .> Et dum in hoc dictorum aestu in hortis incedo, ingens scolasticorum turba in porticum..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...edicta alieno formabat ingenio. Sermonis tamen nec inelegantis, dictorum interdum etiam notabilium, "Vellem," inquit, "tam formosus esse, quam..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quidquid audimus praeterfluat, et exemplorum, legum, responsorum, dictorum denique factorumque velut quasdam copias, quibus abundare quasque in promptu..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...materia. Nam illa multiplici personarum causarum temporum locorum dictorum factorum diversitate facile delitescet infirmitas, tot se undique rebus..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...abducere, ut reddam suis". LIX. Sed nostrorum quoque dictorum factorumque similis imitatio est per relationem, nisi quod frequentius..."
