dixit
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nostraeque iniuria caedis ambesas subigat malis absumere mensas.' dixit, et in silvam pennis ablata refugit. at sociis subita..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...placidusque iuves et sidera caelo dextra feras.' dixit vaginaque eripit ensem fulmineum strictoque ferit retinacula ferro. idem omnis..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...laeva stringat sine palmula cautes; altum alii teneant.' dixit; sed caeca Menoetes saxa timens proram pelagi detorquet..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...demum lucos Stygis et regna invia vivis aspicies.' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore. Aeneas maesto defixus lumina vultu ingreditur..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mihi magna domus, celsis caput urbibus exit.' Dixit, deinde lacu fluvius se condidit alto ima petens; nox Aenean..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...currus. rumpe moras omnis et turbata arripe castra.' dixit, et in caelum paribus se sustulit alis ingentemque fuga..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...raptis indutum spoliis ipsum te, Lause, tropaeum Aeneae.' dixit, stridentemque eminus hastam iecit. at illa volans clipeo..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...modo, et, qua te ducit via, dirige gressum.' Dixit, et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice..."