dictus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dīcō (“say”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdik.tus/, [ˈdɪk.tʊs]

Participle

dictus m (feminine dicta, neuter dictum); first/second declension

  1. said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been said.
  2. declared, stated, having been declared.
    1. affirmed, asserted (positively), having been affirmed.
  3. told, having been told.
  4. called, named, having been called.
  5. referred to, having been referred to.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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 dictīs dictīs
Accusative dictum dictam dictum dictōs dictās dicta
Ablative dictō dictā dictō dictīs dictīs dictīs
Vocative dicte dicta dictum dictī dictae dicta

Derived terms
Related terms

Descendants
  • Occitan: dich
  • Old French: dit
  • Old Spanish: decho
  • Portuguese: dito
  • Sicilian: dittu
  • Spanish: dicho
  • Venetian: dito

Noun

dictus m (genitive dictūs); fourth declension

  1. saying, epithet
  2. speech

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dictus dictūs
Genitive dictūs dictuum
Dative dictuī dictibus
Accusative dictum dictūs
Ablative dictū dictibus
Vocative dictus dictūs

References
  • 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, 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
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