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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."