dica

dica

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of dire
2. third-person singular imperative of dire

• cadi
• Ciad

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, “custom; order; judgement”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ka/, [ˈdɪ.ka]

dica f (genitive dicae); first declension

1. (law) trial, lawsuit, prosecution

First-declension noun.

• dicam scribō

• dica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) so to speak (used to modify a figurative expression): ut ita dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) not to mention..: ut non (nihil) dicam de...
    
  • (ambiguous) to say nothing further on..: ut plura non dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) not to say... (used in avoiding a stronger expression): ne dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to say the least..: ne (quid) gravius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to put it briefly: ut breviter dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to use the mildest expression: ut levissime dicam (opp. ut gravissimo verbo utar)
    
  • (ambiguous) to express myself more plainly: ut planius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to put it more exactly: ut verius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to say once for all: ut semel or in perpetuum dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) I will give you my true opinion: dicam quod sentio
    
  • (ambiguous) this I have to say: haec habeo dicere or habeo quae dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) there is something in what you say; you are more or less right: aliquid (τι) dicis (opp. nihil dicis)
    
  • (ambiguous) what do you mean: quorsum haec (dicis)?
    
  • (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
    

See the etymology of the main entry.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kaː/, [ˈdɪ.kaː]

dicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dicō

Ultimately from indicar (“to indicate”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kɐ/

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• Hyphenation: di‧ca

dica f (plural dicas)

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