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|lnetxt=dicax (gen.), dicacis ADJ :: witty, smart, sarcastic
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|lshtext=<b>dĭcax</b>: ācis, adj. 1. [[dico]],<br /><b>I</b> [[talking]] [[sharply]], [[satirical]], [[sarcastic]], [[acute]], [[witty]] ([[class]].): [[Demosthenes]] non tam [[dicax]] fuit [[quam]] [[facetus]]. Est [[autem]] illud acrioris ingenii, hoc majoris artis, Cic. Or. 26, 90; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 21; so [[with]] [[facetus]], Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221; id. Cael. 28, 67; [[with]] [[venustus]] and [[urbanus]], *Catull. 22, 2; [[with]] [[lascivus]], [[Caelius]] in Quint. 6, 3, 41; [[with]] [[cavillator]], Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 15 et saep.: Satyri, Hor. A. P. 225: [[dicax]] in aliquem, Cic. Phil. 2, 31 fin.: argutia, Gell. 12, 2 et saep.—Comp., Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 244; Liv. 32, 34, 3.—Sup., Petr. 113, 12.—Adv. does not [[occur]].
|lshtext=<b>dĭcax</b>: ācis, adj. 1. [[dico]],<br /><b>I</b> [[talking]] [[sharply]], [[satirical]], [[sarcastic]], [[acute]], [[witty]] ([[class]].): [[Demosthenes]] non tam [[dicax]] fuit [[quam]] [[facetus]]. Est [[autem]] illud acrioris ingenii, hoc majoris artis, Cic. Or. 26, 90; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 21; so [[with]] [[facetus]], Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221; id. Cael. 28, 67; [[with]] [[venustus]] and [[urbanus]], *Catull. 22, 2; [[with]] [[lascivus]], [[Caelius]] in Quint. 6, 3, 41; [[with]] [[cavillator]], Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 15 et saep.: Satyri, Hor. A. P. 225: [[dicax]] in aliquem, Cic. Phil. 2, 31 fin.: argutia, Gell. 12, 2 et saep.—Comp., Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 244; Liv. 32, 34, 3.—Sup., Petr. 113, 12.—Adv. does not [[occur]].
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|georg=dicāx, ācis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. 2. [[dico]]), [[von]] beißendem Witze sprudelnd, satirisch, im üblen Sinne [[naseweis]], [[schnippisch]], witzelnd, der [[Witzbold]], Cic. u.a. – [[male]] [[dicax]], s. [[maledicax]].
|georg=dicāx, ācis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. 2. [[dico]]), [[von]] beißendem Witze sprudelnd, satirisch, im üblen Sinne [[naseweis]], [[schnippisch]], witzelnd, der [[Witzbold]], Cic. u.a. – [[male]] [[dicax]], s. [[maledicax]].
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|lnetxt=dicax (gen.), dicacis ADJ :: witty, smart, sarcastic
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Revision as of 12:05, 19 October 2022

Latin > English

dicax (gen.), dicacis ADJ :: witty, smart, sarcastic

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dĭcax: ācis, adj. 1. dico,
I talking sharply, satirical, sarcastic, acute, witty (class.): Demosthenes non tam dicax fuit quam facetus. Est autem illud acrioris ingenii, hoc majoris artis, Cic. Or. 26, 90; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 21; so with facetus, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221; id. Cael. 28, 67; with venustus and urbanus, *Catull. 22, 2; with lascivus, Caelius in Quint. 6, 3, 41; with cavillator, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 15 et saep.: Satyri, Hor. A. P. 225: dicax in aliquem, Cic. Phil. 2, 31 fin.: argutia, Gell. 12, 2 et saep.—Comp., Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 244; Liv. 32, 34, 3.—Sup., Petr. 113, 12.—Adv. does not occur.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dĭcāx,¹² ācis (dico 2), adj., railleur, malin, mordant : Cic. Phil. 2, 78 ; Or. 90 ; Hor. P. 225 || dicacior Cic. de Or. 2, 244 ; -cissimus Petr. 113, 12.

Latin > German (Georges)

dicāx, ācis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. 2. dico), von beißendem Witze sprudelnd, satirisch, im üblen Sinne naseweis, schnippisch, witzelnd, der Witzbold, Cic. u.a. – male dicax, s. maledicax.