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Lemma 1dico, dicere, dixi, dictus
verb
to say, declare, state; to allege, declare positively; to assert; to plead (case); to mean · to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity; to deify
Morphology1 analysis
present indicative active 1st singulardic + o · regular
Lewis & Short
dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, [orig. the same word with 2. dīco; the meaning of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380]
To proclaim, make known. So perh. only in the foll. passage: pugnam, Lucil. — Far more
Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity or to a deified person (for : dedico, consecro, inauguro).
: et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ; (for which aram condidit dedicavitque, )
With a personal object, to consecrate, to deify ( dedico, no. II. A. b.).
, beyond the relig. sphere.
To give up, set apart, appropriate a thing to any one: recita; the same verse; se Remis in clientelam.
(I. q. dedico, no. II. A.) To consecrate a thing by using it for the first time. — Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. ( no. II.), devoted, consecrated, dedicated.
dīco, xi, ctum, 3, [root DIC = in; , to show; , and dicis, ju-dex, dicio]
DEICO; imp. usu. dic; duc, fac, fer, from duco, , DEICVNTO, and DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm.; imp. dice, Naev. Müll.; dicem = dicam, Cato — Another form of the future is dicebo, Novius (Com. 8 Rib.). — sync.; to. — ; dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ; Arn. ; dicier; Vatin. in, to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for : for, loquor, verba facio, dicto, dictito, oro, inquam, aio, fabulor, concionor, pronuntio, praedico, recito, declamo, affirmo, assevero, contendo; also, nomino, voco, alloquor, designo, nuncupo; also, decerno, jubeo, statuo, ; also, nego. — The person addressed is usually put in, the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in , stands for the ; I. B. 2. ).
; al.; : vel dicam = vel potius, or rather.
Dicitur, dicebatur, dictum est, with and , it is said, related, maintained, ; or, they say, affirm, : de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, , it is reported to Verres that, ; also: hoc, illud dicitur, with and — in histt. in reference to what has been previously related.
(See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, with and , it is said that I, thou, he, ; or, they say that I, thou, : : aedes Demaenetus ubi dicitur habitare: : In a double construction, with and , and and ( no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major Titius. idque ab eis facile (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28
Dictum ac factum or dictum factum ( ), in lang., no sooner said than done, without delay.
Pregn.
To assert, affirm a thing as certain ( nego)
For dico with a negative, nego is used, ; Fabri.
dico is often inserted parenthetically, to give emphasis to an apposition.
In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.
With ; hence the praetor's formula: DO, DICO, ADDICO; do,
With ad and pers., to plead before a person or tribunal.
With ad and of thing, to speak in reference to, in reply to.
— beyond the judicial sphere.
To describe, relate, sing, celebrate in writing (mostly )
Of prophecies, to predict, foretell.
To pronounce, articulate a letter, syllable, word: Demosthenem scribit Phalereus, cum Rho dicere nequiret,
To call, to name: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam Graii quam dicunt; Latine dicimus elocutionem, quam Graeci vocant — Prov.
To name, appoint one to an office: so; (thrice)
To appoint, set apart. fix upon, settle; Pompon. : quoniam inter nos nuptiae sunt dictae, Afran. ; , and dies — With : prius data est, quam tibi dari dicta, Pac. —
To utter, express, in phrases.
(Mostly in lang.) Alicui, like our to tell one so and so, for to admonish, warn, threaten him — ; Ruhnk.; so, dixi, I have said it, you may depend upon it, it shall be done.
Dicere sacramentum or sacramento, to take an oath, to swear; sacramentum.
, intellego, , to mean so and so; it may sometimes be rendered in English by namely, to wit: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius fortasse laudo quam necesse est. At. Platonem videlicet dicis — Hence, dictum, i, , something said, a saying, a word.
: haut doctis dictis certantes sed male dictis, Enn. (Ann. 274 Vahl.; Hertz.: nec maledictis) — Pleon.
A saying, maxim, proverb; Catonis est dictum. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Hence, the title of a work by Caesar: Dicta collectanea (his, mentioned in ). —
For facete dictum, a witty saying, bon-mot, Enn. ( Cic. ); also, dicterium.
Poetry, verse (abstr. and concr.): dicti studiosus, Enn.
A prediction, prophecy; dictio.
An order, command; dicto audientem esse and dicto audire alicui, audio.
A promise, assurance.
Lemma 2dico, dicare, dicavi, dicatus
verb
to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity; to deify
Morphology1 analysis
present indicative active 1st singulardic + o · regular
Lewis & Short
dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, [orig. the same word with 2. dīco; the meaning of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380]
To proclaim, make known. So perh. only in the foll. passage: pugnam, Lucil. — Far more
Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity or to a deified person (for : dedico, consecro, inauguro).
: et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ; (for which aram condidit dedicavitque, )
With a personal object, to consecrate, to deify ( dedico, no. II. A. b.).
, beyond the relig. sphere.
To give up, set apart, appropriate a thing to any one: recita; the same verse; se Remis in clientelam.
(I. q. dedico, no. II. A.) To consecrate a thing by using it for the first time. — Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. ( no. II.), devoted, consecrated, dedicated.
dīco, xi, ctum, 3, [root DIC = in; , to show; , and dicis, ju-dex, dicio]
DEICO; imp. usu. dic; duc, fac, fer, from duco, , DEICVNTO, and DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm.; imp. dice, Naev. Müll.; dicem = dicam, Cato — Another form of the future is dicebo, Novius (Com. 8 Rib.). — sync.; to. — ; dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ; Arn. ; dicier; Vatin. in, to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for : for, loquor, verba facio, dicto, dictito, oro, inquam, aio, fabulor, concionor, pronuntio, praedico, recito, declamo, affirmo, assevero, contendo; also, nomino, voco, alloquor, designo, nuncupo; also, decerno, jubeo, statuo, ; also, nego. — The person addressed is usually put in, the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in , stands for the ; I. B. 2. ).
; al.; : vel dicam = vel potius, or rather.
Dicitur, dicebatur, dictum est, with and , it is said, related, maintained, ; or, they say, affirm, : de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, , it is reported to Verres that, ; also: hoc, illud dicitur, with and — in histt. in reference to what has been previously related.
(See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, with and , it is said that I, thou, he, ; or, they say that I, thou, : : aedes Demaenetus ubi dicitur habitare: : In a double construction, with and , and and ( no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major Titius. idque ab eis facile (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28
Dictum ac factum or dictum factum ( ), in lang., no sooner said than done, without delay.
Pregn.
To assert, affirm a thing as certain ( nego)
For dico with a negative, nego is used, ; Fabri.
dico is often inserted parenthetically, to give emphasis to an apposition.
In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.
With ; hence the praetor's formula: DO, DICO, ADDICO; do,
With ad and pers., to plead before a person or tribunal.
With ad and of thing, to speak in reference to, in reply to.
— beyond the judicial sphere.
To describe, relate, sing, celebrate in writing (mostly )
Of prophecies, to predict, foretell.
To pronounce, articulate a letter, syllable, word: Demosthenem scribit Phalereus, cum Rho dicere nequiret,
To call, to name: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam Graii quam dicunt; Latine dicimus elocutionem, quam Graeci vocant — Prov.
To name, appoint one to an office: so; (thrice)
To appoint, set apart. fix upon, settle; Pompon. : quoniam inter nos nuptiae sunt dictae, Afran. ; , and dies — With : prius data est, quam tibi dari dicta, Pac. —
To utter, express, in phrases.
(Mostly in lang.) Alicui, like our to tell one so and so, for to admonish, warn, threaten him — ; Ruhnk.; so, dixi, I have said it, you may depend upon it, it shall be done.
Dicere sacramentum or sacramento, to take an oath, to swear; sacramentum.
, intellego, , to mean so and so; it may sometimes be rendered in English by namely, to wit: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius fortasse laudo quam necesse est. At. Platonem videlicet dicis — Hence, dictum, i, , something said, a saying, a word.
: haut doctis dictis certantes sed male dictis, Enn. (Ann. 274 Vahl.; Hertz.: nec maledictis) — Pleon.
A saying, maxim, proverb; Catonis est dictum. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Hence, the title of a work by Caesar: Dicta collectanea (his, mentioned in ). —
For facete dictum, a witty saying, bon-mot, Enn. ( Cic. ); also, dicterium.
Poetry, verse (abstr. and concr.): dicti studiosus, Enn.
A prediction, prophecy; dictio.
An order, command; dicto audientem esse and dicto audire alicui, audio.
A promise, assurance.
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