dictus
Latin
editEtymology
editPerfect passive participle of dīcō (“to say”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdik.tus/, [ˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdik.tus/, [ˈd̪ikt̪us]
Participle
editdictus (feminine dicta, neuter dictum); first/second-declension participle
- said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been said.
- declared, stated, having been declared.
- told, having been told.
- called, named, having been called.
- referred to, having been referred to.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | dictus | dicta | dictum | dictī | dictae | dicta | |
genitive | dictī | dictae | dictī | dictōrum | dictārum | dictōrum | |
dative | dictō | dictae | dictō | dictīs | |||
accusative | dictum | dictam | dictum | dictōs | dictās | dicta | |
ablative | dictō | dictā | dictō | dictīs | |||
vocative | dicte | dicta | dictum | dictī | dictae | dicta |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editRelated terms
Descendants
editNoun
editdictus m (genitive dictūs); fourth declension
Declension
editFourth-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | dictus | dictūs |
genitive | dictūs | dictuum |
dative | dictuī | dictibus |
accusative | dictum | dictūs |
ablative | dictū | dictibus |
vocative | dictus | dictūs |
References
edit- “dictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dictus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- it sounds incredible: incredibile dictu est
- (ambiguous) a short, pointed witticism: breviter et commode dictum
- (ambiguous) a witticism, bon mot: facete dictum
- (ambiguous) a far-fetched joke: arcessitum dictum (De Or. 2. 63. 256)
- (ambiguous) to make jokes on a person: dicta dicere in aliquem
- (ambiguous) to obey a person's orders: dicto audientem esse alicui
- (ambiguous) as I said above: ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum est
- (ambiguous) so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est
- it sounds incredible: incredibile dictu est
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- Latin non-lemma forms
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- Latin nouns
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
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