dictum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. 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. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →dictus, dictus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
speech; speaking, saying (action); word (Ecc); command;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...hominum factis illustribus et gloriosis satis hoc loco dictum sit. erit enim iam de omnium virtutum cursu..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...dicat Epicurus voluptatem. quod quidem mihi si quando dictum est—est autem dictum non parum saepe—, etsi satis..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ipso vitium nominatum puto, vel etiam a vitio dictum vituperari. sin kak¤an malitiam dixisses, ad aliud..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...aiunt esse finem declarantem illud, quod a te dictum est, convenienter naturae vivere. [15] Alterum significari idem..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...brevissime potuit, paulo ante dictum. Sed est forma eius disciplinae, sicut fere ceterarum, triplex: una pars est naturae..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aequor: hic fuit, a cuius stagnum quoque nomine dictum est, inter Sicelidas Cyane celeberrima nymphas. gurgite quae medio..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...negabitis me, inquit, habere Liberum patrem." Laudamus dictum Trimalchionis, et circumeuntem puerum sane perbasiamus. Ab hoc ferculo Trimalchio..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...rettulit, et gelida monstrat sub rupe Lupercal Parrhasio dictum Panos de more Lycaei. nec non et sacri monstrat..."
