Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 537.dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, on page 537
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dīcere to say
dīcere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to say.
Definitions for dīcere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to say, tell, speak, name, call
English derivatives:
dictate dictum diction dictionary dight ditto contradict indict edict verdict
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To talk, speak (in this and subsequent senses also used more widely, of authors, books, etc.). (b) to speak (in a court, political assembly, etc.), make a speech. (c) to play (on a musical instrument).
- 2
To say, declare, state: (a) (w. acc. and inf. expr. indir. statement; also w. quia). (b) (w. indir. qu.) (c) (w. ut or ne, subj. also or inf. expr. indir. command). (d) (w. dir. sp.). (e) (absol. or ellipt.; w. adv.). (f) (supine~ciu, usu. following adj.).
- 3
(w. acc. indicating substance of what is said).
- 4
(leg.) To allege, (b) to declare positively, assert.
- 5
To use the term or expression, say. (b) to employ as a term in one's language, say, (c) to pronounce, articulate.
Sentences with dīcere
Latin to English
Haec verba fēlīcia vōbīs dīcō nē discēdātis.Compare I say these happy words to you so that you may not depart.
Num dubitās hoc dīcere, mī amīce?Compare You do not hesitate to say this, do you, my friend?
Dīcō sī id crēdat eum errātūrum esse.Compare I say that if he believes this he will be wrong.
Ridentem dīcere vērum quid vetat? (Horace, Satires I.I.24-25)Compare What prevents me from speaking the truth with a smile?
Argentariis male credi qui aiunt, nugas praedicant. Nam et bene et male credi dico: id adeo hodie expertus sum. Non male creditur qui numquam reddunt, sed prorsum perit.Compare People that say bankers are ill trusted talk rubbish. Why, they are well trusted and ill trusted both, I tell you - and what is more, I have proved it myself this very day. Money is not ill trusted to men that never repay you; it is gone for good.
Expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis: formosam raro non sibi quisque petit.Compare I speak from experience: no one is faithful in love. Rarely does a man fail to covet a beautiful woman for himself.
Legatus sui huc revertor dico.Compare The ambassadors said they would return hither.
En miser homo! Si dolor summus malum sum, dico aliter non possum.Compare Lo a wretched man! If pain is the greatest evil, he cannot be called otherwise.
Conjugation table for dīcere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| dīcō dīcis dīcit dīcimus dīcitis dīcunt | dīcēbam dīcēbās dīcēbat dīcēbāmus dīcēbātis dīcēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| dīxī dīxistī dīxit dīximus dīxistis dīxērunt / dīxēre | dīxeram dīxerās dīxerat dīxerāmus dīxerātis dīxerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| dīcam dīcēs dīcet dīcēmus dīcētis dīcent | dīxerō dīxeris dīxerit dīxerimus dīxeritis dīxerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| dīcam dīcās dīcat dīcāmus dīcātis dīcant | dīcerem dīcerēs dīceret dīcerēmus dīcerētis dīcerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| dīxerim dīxeris dīxerit dīxerimus dīxeritis dīxerint | dīxissem dīxissēs dīxisset dīxissēmus dīxissētis dīxissent |
Infinitive present dīcere Infinitive perfect dīxisse Infinitive future dictūrum esse | Imperative present dīc dīcite Imperative future dīcitō dīcitō dīcitōte dīcuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| dīcor dīceris dīcitur dīcimur dīciminī dīcuntur | dīcēbar dīcēbāris / dīcēbāre dīcēbātur dīcēbāmur dīcēbāminī dīcēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| dictus sum dictus es dictus est dictī sumus dictī estis dictī sunt | dictus eram dictus erās dictus erat dictī erāmus dictī erātis dictī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| dīcar dīcēris / dīcēre dīcētur dīcēmur dīcēminī dīcentur | dictus erō dictus eris dictus erit dictī erimus dictī eritis dictī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| dīcar dīcāris / dīcāre dīcātur dīcāmur dīcāminī dīcantur | dīcerer dīcerēris / dīcerēre dīcerētur dīcerēmur dīcerēminī dīcerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| dictus sim dictus sīs dictus sit dictī sīmus dictī sītis dictī sint | dictus essem dictus essēs dictus esset dictī essēmus dictī essētis dictī essent |
Infinitive present dīcī Infinitive perfect dictum esse Infinitive future dictum īrī | Imperative present dīcere dīciminī Imperative future dīcitor dīcitor - dīcuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | dīcēns | dīcentēs |
| Gen. | dīcentis | dīcentium |
| Dat. | dīcentī | dīcentibus |
| Acc. | dīcentem | dīcentēs |
| Abl. | dīcente | dīcentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | dictūrus | dictūrī |
| Gen. | dictūrī | dictūrōrum |
| Dat. | dictūrō | dictūrīs |
| Acc. | dictūrum | dictūrōs |
| Abl. | dictūrō | dictūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | dictus | dictī |
| Gen. | dictī | dictōrum |
| Dat. | dictō | dictīs |
| Acc. | dictum | dictōs |
| Abl. | dictō | dictīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | dīcendus | dīcendī |
| Gen. | dīcendī | dīcendōrum |
| Dat. | dīcendō | dīcendīs |
| Acc. | dīcendum | dīcendōs |
| Abl. | dīcendō | dīcendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | dīcere | dictum |
| Gen. | dīcendī | dictū |
| Dat. | dīcendō | |
| Acc. | dīcendum | |
| Abl. | dīcendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 64.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 537.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
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Wheelock's Latin
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