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|lshtext=<b>dĭco</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (dixe for dixisse, Val. Ant. ap. Arn. 5, 1; DICASSIT dixerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 15; [[rather]] = dicaverit), v. a. orig. the [[same]] [[word]] [[with]] 2. dīco; cf. the [[meaning]] of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380.<br /><b>I</b> To [[proclaim]], [[make]] [[known]]. So perh. [[only]] in the foll. [[passage]]: pugnam, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 30.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Relig. t. t., to [[dedicate]], [[consecrate]], [[devote]] [[any]] [[thing]] to a [[deity]] or to a deified [[person]] (for syn. cf.: [[dedico]], [[consecro]], [[inauguro]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Prop.: et me dicabo [[atque]] animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 12: [[donum]] [[tibi]] (sc. Jovi) dicatum [[atque]] [[promissum]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72; cf.: ara condita [[atque]] dicata, Liv. 1, 7 (for [[which]] aram condidit dedicavitque, id. 28, 46 fin.); so, aram, id. 1, 7; 1, 20: capitolium, [[templum]] Jovis O. M., id. 22, 38 fin.: templa, Ov. F. 1, 610: [[delubrum]] ex manubiis, Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97: lychnuchum Apollini, id. 34, 3, 8, § 14: statuas Olympiae, id. 34, 4, 9, § 16: [[vehiculum]], Tac. G. 40: [[carmen]] Veneri, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178; cf. Suet. Ner. 10 fin. et saep.: cygni Apollini dicati, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.—<br /> <b>2</b> With a [[personal]] [[object]], to [[consecrate]], to [[deify]] (cf. [[dedico]], no. II. A. b.): [[Janus]] [[geminus]] a [[Numa]] [[dicatus]], Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34: [[inter]] numina [[dicatus]] [[Augustus]], Tac. A. 1, 59.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., [[beyond]] the relig. [[sphere]].<br /> <b>1</b> To [[give]] up, [[set]] [[apart]], [[appropriate]] a [[thing]] to [[any]] one: recita; aurium operam [[tibi]] [[dico]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 72; so, operam, id. Ps. 1, 5, 147; Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12: hunc totum diem [[tibi]], Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7: tuum [[studium]] meae laudi, id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: [[genus]] (orationis) epidicticum gymnasiis et palaestrae, id. Or. 13, 42: librum Maecenati, Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177; cf.: librum laudibus ptisanae, id. 18, 7, 15, § 75 al.: (Deïopeam) conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo, Verg. A. 1, 73; cf. the [[same]] [[verse]], ib. 4, 126: se Crasso, Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 11; cf.: se Remis in clientelam, * Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 7: se alii civitati, to [[become]] a [[free]] [[denizen]] of it, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; for [[which]]: se in aliam civitatem, id. ib. 12 fin.—*<br /> <b>2</b> (I. q. [[dedico]], no. II. A.) To [[consecrate]] a [[thing]] by using it for the [[first]] [[time]]: nova signa novamque aquilam, Tac. H. 5, 16.— Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), [[devoted]], [[consecrated]], dedicated: loca Christo dedicatissima, August. Civ. Dei, 3, 31: CONSTANTINO AETERNO AVGVSTO ARRIVS DIOTIMVS ... N. M. Q. (i. e. numini majestatique) EIVS DICATISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 1083.<br /><b>dīco</b>: xi, ctum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> [[praes]]. DEICO, Inscr. Orell. 4848; imp. usu. dic; cf. duc, fac, fer, from [[duco]], etc., DEICVNTO, and perf. DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm. ib. 3673; imp. [[dice]], Naev. ap. Fest. p. 298, 29 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 109; id. Bac. 4, 4, 65; id. Merc. 1, 2, 47 al.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 21; fut. dicem = dicam, [[Cato]] ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 6 Müll.—Another form of the [[future]] is dicebo, [[Novius]] ap. Non. 507 (Com. v. 8 Rib.). —Perf. sync.: dixti, Plaut. As. 4, 2, 14; id. Trin. 2, 4, 155; id. Mil. 2, 4, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 100 et saep.; Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Caecin. 29, 82; acc. to Quint. 9, 3, 22.— Perf. subj.: dixis, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.: dixem = dixissem, Plaut. Pseud. 1, 5, 84; inf. dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 23; Varr. ib. 451, 16; Arn. init.; Aus. Sept. Sap. de Cleob. 8; inf. [[praes]]. [[pass]]. dicier, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 32; Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9 al.), v. a. [[root]] DIC = ΔΕΙΚ> in [[δείκνυμι]]; lit., to [[show]]; cf. [[δίκη]], and Lat. [[dicis]], iu-dex, [[dicio]], to [[say]], [[tell]], [[mention]], [[relate]], [[affirm]], [[declare]], [[state]]; to [[mean]], [[intend]] (for syn. cf.: 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]], etc.; cf. also, [[nego]].—The [[person]] addressed is [[usually]] [[put]] in dat.,<br /> v. the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in eccl. Lat., stands for the Gr. εἰπεῖν [[πρός]] τινα, Vulg. Luc. 2, 34 al.; cf. [[infra]] I. B. 2. γ).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: Amphitruonis socium nae me esse volui dicere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 228: advenisse familiarem dicito, id. ib. 1, 1, 197: haec uti sunt facta ero dicam, id. ib. 1, 1, 304; cf. ib. 2, 1, 23: signi dic [[quid]] est? id. ib. 1, 1, 265: si dixero [[mendacium]], id. ib. 1, 1, 43; cf. opp. vera [[dico]], id. ib. 1, 1, 238 al.: quo [[facto]] aut [[dicto]] adest [[opus]], id. ib. 1, 1, 15; cf.: dictu [[opus]] est, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68: [[nihil]] est dictu facilius, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70: turpe dictu, id. Ad. 2, 4, 11: indignis si [[male]] dicitur, [[bene]] [[dictum]] id esse [[dico]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27: [[ille]], quem dixi, whom I [[have]] mentioned, named, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45 et saep.: vel dicam = vel [[potius]], or [[rather]]: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite, Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.: mihi placebat [[Pomponius]] [[maxime]] vel dicam [[minime]] displicebat, id. Brut. 57, 207; so id. ib. 70, 246; id. Fam. 4, 7, 3 al.—<br /> <b>b</b> Dicitur, dicebatur, [[dictum]] est, impers. [[with]] acc. and inf., it is said, [[related]], maintained, etc.; or, [[they]] [[say]], [[affirm]], etc.: de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to [[Verres]] [[that]], etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18: non [[sine]] [[causa]] dicitur, ad ea referri omnes [[nostras]] cogitationes, id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; so, dicitur, Nep. Paus. 5, 3; Quint. 5, 7, 33; 7, 2, 44; Ov. F. 4, 508: Titum [[multo]] [[apud]] patrem sermone orasse dicebatur, ne, etc., Tac. H. 4, 52; so, dicebatur, id. A. 1, 10: in hac habitasse [[platea]] [[dictum]]'st Chrysidem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 1: [[dictum]] est, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 38, 56; Quint. 6, 1, 27: ut pulsis hostibus dici posset, eos, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 3. Cf. also: hoc, illud dicitur, [[with]] acc. and inf., Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 72; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Quint. 4, 2, 91; 11, 3, 177 al. —Esp. in histt. in [[reference]] to [[what]] has been [[previously]] [[related]]: ut [[supra]] [[dictum]] est, Sall. J. 96, 1: [[sicut]] [[ante]] [[dictum]] est, Nep. [[Dion]]. 9, 5; cf. Curt. 3, 7, 7; 5, 1, 11; 8, 6, 2 et saep.—<br /> <b>c</b> (See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, [[with]] nom. and inf., it is said [[that]] I, thou, he, etc.; or, [[they]] [[say]] [[that]] I, thou, etc.: ut nos dicamur duo omnium dignissimi esse, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 47: cf. Quint. 4, 4, 6: dicar [[Princeps]] Aeolium [[carmen]] ad Italos Deduxisse modos, Hor. Od. 3, 30, 10 al.: [[illi]] [[socius]] esse diceris, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 72: [[aedes]] Demaenetus ubi dicitur habitare, id. As. 2, 3, 2: qui ([[Pisistratus]]) [[primus]] Homeri libros confusos [[antea]] sic disposuisse dicitur, ut [[nunc]] habemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137 et saep.: [[quot]] annos [[nata]] dicitur? Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: is [[nunc]] dicitur venturus [[peregre]], id. Truc. 1, 1, 66 et saep. In a [[double]] [[construction]], [[with]] nom. and inf., and acc. and inf. (acc. to no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major [[Titius]] ... idque ab eis [[facile]] (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28 fin.; so Suet. Oth. 7.—<br /> <b>d</b> Dictum ac [[factum]] or [[dictum]] [[factum]] (Gr. ἅμα [[ἔπος]] ἅμα [[ἔργον]]), in colloq. lang., no [[sooner]] said [[than]] done, [[without]] [[delay]], Ter. And. 2, 3, 7: [[dictum]] ac [[factum]] reddidi, it [[was]] "said and done" [[with]] me, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12; 5, 1, 31; cf.: [[dicto]] citius, Verg. A. 1, 142; Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; and: [[dicto]] [[prope]] citius, Liv. 23, 47, 6.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> Pregn.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[assert]], [[affirm]] a [[thing]] as [[certain]] (opp. [[nego]]): quem esse negas, eundem esse [[dicis]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.: dicebant, ego negabam, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; and: quibus [[creditum]] non [[sit]] negantibus, iisdem credatur dicentibus? id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.—<br /> <b>b</b> For [[dico]] [[with]] a [[negative]], [[nego]] is used, q. v.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 799; [[but]]: dicere [[nihil]] esse pulchrius, etc., Liv. 30, 12, 6; 21, 9, 3 Fabri; so, freq. in Liv. [[when]] the [[negation]] precedes, id. 30, 22, 5; 23, 10, 13 al.; cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 355.—<br /> <b>2</b> [[dico]] is [[often]] inserted parenthetically, to [[give]] [[emphasis]] to an apposition: [[utinam]] C. Caesari, patri, [[dico]] adulescenti contigisset, etc., Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; id. Planc. 12, 30; Quint. 9, 2, 83; cf. Cic. Or. 58, 197; id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 24: [[ille]] mihi [[praesidium]] dederat, cum [[dico]] mihi, senatui [[dico]] populoque Romano, Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 20; Sen. Ep. 83, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 2; 3, 2, 2.—<br /> <b>3</b> In [[rhetor]]. and jurid. lang., to [[pronounce]], [[deliver]], [[rehearse]], [[speak]] [[any]] [[thing]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With acc.: [[oratio]] dicta de scripto, Cic. Planc. 30 fin.; cf.: sententiam de scripto, id. Att. 4, 3, 3: controversias, Quint. 3, 8, 51; 9, 2, 77: [[prooemium]] ac narrationem et argumenta, id. 2, 20, 10: exordia, id. 11, 3, 161: theses et communes locos, id. 2, 1, 9: materias, id. 2, 4, 41: [[versus]], Cic. Or. 56, 189; Quint. 6, 3, 86: causam, of the [[defendant]] or his [[attorney]], to [[make]] a [[defensive]] [[speech]], to [[plead]] in [[defence]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 5; id. Quint. 8; id. Sest. 8; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 7, 4, 3; 8, 2, 24 al.; cf. causas (said of the [[attorney]]), Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5; 2, 8, 32 al.: jus, to [[pronounce]] [[judgment]], id. Fl. 3; id. Fam. 13, 14; [[hence]] the [[praetor]]'s [[formula]]: DO, DICO, ADDICO; v. do, etc.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With ad and acc. pers., to [[plead]] [[before]] a [[person]] or [[tribunal]]: ad unum judicem, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10: ad quos? ad me, si [[idoneus]] videor qui judicem, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72; Liv. 3, 41.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With ad and acc. of [[thing]], to [[speak]] in [[reference]] to, in [[reply]] to: non [[audeo]] ad ista dicere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> Absol.: nec [[idem]] loqui, [[quod]] dicere, Cic. Or. 32: est oratoris proprium, [[apte]], [[distincte]], [[ornate]] dicere, id. Off. 1, 1, 2; so, de [[aliqua]] re pro [[aliquo]], [[contra]] aliquem, etc., [[innumerable]] times in Cic. and Quint.: dixi, the t. t. at the [[end]] of a [[speech]], I [[have]] done, Cic. Verr. 1 fin. Ascon. and Zumpt, a. h. 1.; [[thus]], dixerunt, the t. t. by [[which]] the [[praeco]] [[pronounced]] the speeches of the parties to be [[finished]], Quint. 1, 5, 43; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 6, 4, 7.—Transf. [[beyond]] the [[judicial]] [[sphere]]: causam nullam or causam [[haud]] [[dico]], I [[have]] no [[objection]], Plaut. Mil. 5, 34; id. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 42.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[describe]], [[relate]], [[sing]], [[celebrate]] in [[writing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[tibi]] dicere laudes, Tib. 1, 3, 31; so, laudes Phoebi et Dianae, Hor. C. S. 76: Dianam, Cynthium, Latonam, id. C. 1, 21, 1: Alciden puerosque Ledae, id. ib. 1, 12, 25: caelestes, pugilemve equumve, id. ib. 4, 2, 19: Pelidae stomachum, id. ib. 1, 6, 5: bella, id. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Liv. 7, 29: [[carmen]], Hor. C. 1, 32, 3; id. C. S. 8; Tib. 2, 1, 54: modos, Hor. C. 3, 11, 7: silvestrium naturas, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138 et saep.: temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, Tac. A. 1, 1; id. H. 1, 1: vir [[neque]] silendus [[neque]] dicendus [[sine]] [[cura]], Vell. 2, 13.—<br /> <b>b</b> Of prophecies, to [[predict]], [[foretell]]: bellicosis fata Quiritibus Hac lege [[dico]], ne, etc., Hor. C. 3, 3, 58: sortes per carmina, id. A. P. 403: [[quicquid]], id. S. 2, 5, 59: hoc ([[Delphi]]), Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43 et saep.—<br /> <b>5</b> To [[pronounce]], [[articulate]] a [[letter]], [[syllable]], [[word]]: Demosthenem scribit [[Phalereus]], cum Rho dicere nequiret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; Quint. 1, 4, 8; 1, 7, 21 al.—<br /> <b>6</b> To [[call]], to [[name]]: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam [[Graii]] [[quam]] dicunt, Lucr. 3, 106; cf.: Latine dicimus elocutionem, [[quam]] [[Graeci]] φράσιν vocant, Quint. 8, 1, 1: Chaoniamque omnem Trojano a Chaone dixit, Verg. A. 3, 335: hic [[ames]] dici [[pater]] [[atque]] [[princeps]], Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50: [[uxor]] [[quondam]] tua dicta, Verg. A. 2, 678 et saep. —Prov.: dici [[beatus]] [[ante]] obitum [[nemo]] debet, Ov. M. 3, 135.—<br /> <b>7</b> To [[name]], [[appoint]] one to an [[office]]: ut consules roget [[praetor]] vel dictatorem dicat, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2: so, dictatorem, Liv. 5, 9; 7, 26; 8, 29: consulem, id. 10, 15; 24, 9; 26, 22 ([[thrice]]): magistrum equitum, id. 6, 39: aedilem, id. 9, 46: arbitrum bibendi, Hor. Od. 2, 7, 26 et saep.—<br /> <b>8</b> To [[appoint]], [[set]] [[apart]]. [[fix]] [[upon]], [[settle]]: nam mea bona meis cognatis dicam, [[inter]] eos partiam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113; cf. Pompon. ap. Non. 280, 19: dotis [[paululum]] vicino suo, Afran. ib. 26: pecuniam omnem suam doti, Cic. Fl. 35: [[quoniam]] [[inter]] nos [[nuptiae]] sunt dictae, Afran. ap. Non. 280, 24; cf.: diem nuptiis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 75: diem operi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57: diem juris, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 16: diem exercitui ad conveniendum Pharas, Liv. 36, 8; cf. id. 42, 28, and v. [[dies]]: locum consiliis, id. 25, 16: leges pacis, id. 33, 12; cf.: leges victis, id. 34, 57: legem [[tibi]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18; Ov. M. 6, 137; cf.: legem sibi, to [[give]] [[sentence]] [[upon]] one's [[self]], id. ib. 13, 72: [[pretium]] muneri, Hor. C. 4, 8, 12 et saep.—With inf.: [[prius]] [[data]] est, [[quam]] [[tibi]] dari dicta, Pac. ap. Non. 280, 28. —Pass. impers.: [[eodem]] [[Numida]] [[inermis]], ut [[dictum]] erat, accedit, Sall. J. 113, 6.—<br /> <b>9</b> To [[utter]], [[express]], esp. in phrases: non dici potest, dici vix potest, etc.: non dici potest [[quam]] flagrem desiderio urbis, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 17, 5: dici vix potest quanta [[sit]] vis, etc., id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; id. Or. 17, 55; id. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 8; 11, 3, 85.—<br /> <b>10</b> (Mostly in colloq. lang.) Alicui, [[like]] [[our]] vulg. to [[tell]] one so and so, for to [[admonish]], [[warn]], [[threaten]] him: dicebam, [[pater]], [[tibi]], ne matri consuleres [[male]], Plaut. As. 5, 2, 88; cf. Nep. Datam. 5; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1.—Esp. freq.: [[tibi]] (ego) [[dico]], I [[tell]] [[you]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 76; id. Men. 2, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 62 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 2, 33 Ruhnk.; id. ib. 4, 4, 23; id. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 87; Phaedr. 4, 19, 18; cf.: [[tibi]] dicimus, Ov. H. 20, 153; id. M. 9, 122; so, dixi, I [[have]] said it, i. e. [[you]] [[may]] [[depend]] [[upon]] it, it shall be done, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 90; 92.—<br /> <b>11</b> Dicere [[sacramentum]] or sacramento, to [[take]] an [[oath]], to [[swear]]; v. [[sacramentum]].<br /><b>II</b> Transf., i. q. [[intellego]], Gr. [[φημί]], to [[mean]] so and so; it [[may]] [[sometimes]] be rendered in English by [[namely]], to [[wit]]: nec quemquam vidi, qui [[magis]] ea, quae timenda esse negaret, timeret, mortem [[dico]] et deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86; id. de Or. 3, 44, 174: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius [[fortasse]] [[laudo]] [[quam]] [[necesse]] est. At. Platonem [[videlicet]] [[dicis]], id. Leg. 3, 1: uxoris [[dico]], non tuam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 30 et saep.—Hence, [[dictum]], i, n., [[something]] said, i. e. a [[saying]], a [[word]].<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[haut]] doctis dictis certantes sed [[male]] dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.; acc. to Hertz.: nec maledictis); so, [[istaec]] dicta dicere, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 40: docta, id. ib. 2, 2, 99; id. Men. 2, 1, 24; Lucr. 5, 113; cf. condocta, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 3: [[meum]], id. As. 2, 4, 1: ridiculum, id. Capt. 3, 1, 22: minimum, Cic. Fam. 1, 9: ferocibus dictis rem nobilitare, Liv. 23, 47, 4 al.: ob [[admissum]] [[foede]] dictumve [[superbe]], Lucr. 5, 1224; cf. [[facete]], Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73; id. Poen. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104 al.: [[lepide]], Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 103: [[absurde]], id. Capt. 1, 1, 3: [[vere]], Nep. Alc. 8, 4: [[ambigue]], Hor. A. P. 449 et saep.—Pleon.: feci ego [[istaec]] dicta quae vos dicitis (sc. me fecisse), Plaut. Casin. 5, 4, 17.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[saying]], [[maxim]], [[proverb]]: [[aurea]] dicta, Lucr. 3, 12; cf. veridica, id. 6, 24: Catonis est [[dictum]]. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Cic. Fl. 29 fin. Hence, the [[title]] of a [[work]] by [[Caesar]]: Dicta collectanea (his Ἀποφθέγματα, mentioned in Cic. Fam. 9, 16), Suet. Caes. 56.—Esp. freq.,<br /> <b>2</b> For [[facete]] [[dictum]], a [[witty]] [[saying]], bon-mot, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54 fin. (cf. Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1 fin.); Cic. Phil. 2, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 2; 16; 36; Liv. 7, 33, 3; Hor. A. P. 273 et saep.; cf. also, [[dicterium]].—<br /> <b>3</b> Poetry, [[verse]] (abstr. and concr.): dicti [[studiosus]], Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 18, 71: rerum naturam expandere dictis, Lucr. 1, 126; 5, 56: [[Ennius]] hirsuta cingat sua dicta [[corona]], Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[prediction]], [[prophecy]], Lucr. 1, 103; Verg. A. 2, 115; Val. Fl. 2, 326 al.; cf. [[dictio]].—<br /> <b>5</b> An [[order]], [[command]]: [[dicto]] paruit [[consul]], Liv. 9, 41; cf. Verg. A. 3, 189; Ov. M. 8, 815: haec dicta dedit, Liv. 3, 61; cf. id. 7, 33; 8, 34; 22, 25 al.: [[dicto]] audientem esse and [[dicto]] audire alicui, v. [[audio]].—<br /> <b>6</b> A [[promise]], [[assurance]]: [[illi]] dixerant [[sese]] dedituros ... [[Cares]], [[tamen]], non [[dicto]] capti, etc., Nep. Milt. 2, 5; Fur. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 34. | |lshtext=<b>dĭco</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (dixe for dixisse, Val. Ant. ap. Arn. 5, 1; DICASSIT dixerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 15; [[rather]] = dicaverit), v. a. orig. the [[same]] [[word]] [[with]] 2. dīco; cf. the [[meaning]] of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380.<br /><b>I</b> To [[proclaim]], [[make]] [[known]]. So perh. [[only]] in the foll. [[passage]]: pugnam, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 30.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Relig. t. t., to [[dedicate]], [[consecrate]], [[devote]] [[any]] [[thing]] to a [[deity]] or to a deified [[person]] (for syn. cf.: [[dedico]], [[consecro]], [[inauguro]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Prop.: et me dicabo [[atque]] animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 12: [[donum]] [[tibi]] (sc. Jovi) dicatum [[atque]] [[promissum]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72; cf.: ara condita [[atque]] dicata, Liv. 1, 7 (for [[which]] aram condidit dedicavitque, id. 28, 46 fin.); so, aram, id. 1, 7; 1, 20: capitolium, [[templum]] Jovis O. M., id. 22, 38 fin.: templa, Ov. F. 1, 610: [[delubrum]] ex manubiis, Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97: lychnuchum Apollini, id. 34, 3, 8, § 14: statuas Olympiae, id. 34, 4, 9, § 16: [[vehiculum]], Tac. G. 40: [[carmen]] Veneri, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178; cf. Suet. Ner. 10 fin. et saep.: cygni Apollini dicati, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.—<br /> <b>2</b> With a [[personal]] [[object]], to [[consecrate]], to [[deify]] (cf. [[dedico]], no. II. A. b.): [[Janus]] [[geminus]] a [[Numa]] [[dicatus]], Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34: [[inter]] numina [[dicatus]] [[Augustus]], Tac. A. 1, 59.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., [[beyond]] the relig. [[sphere]].<br /> <b>1</b> To [[give]] up, [[set]] [[apart]], [[appropriate]] a [[thing]] to [[any]] one: recita; aurium operam [[tibi]] [[dico]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 72; so, operam, id. Ps. 1, 5, 147; Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12: hunc totum diem [[tibi]], Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7: tuum [[studium]] meae laudi, id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: [[genus]] (orationis) epidicticum gymnasiis et palaestrae, id. Or. 13, 42: librum Maecenati, Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177; cf.: librum laudibus ptisanae, id. 18, 7, 15, § 75 al.: (Deïopeam) conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo, Verg. A. 1, 73; cf. the [[same]] [[verse]], ib. 4, 126: se Crasso, Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 11; cf.: se Remis in clientelam, * Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 7: se alii civitati, to [[become]] a [[free]] [[denizen]] of it, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; for [[which]]: se in aliam civitatem, id. ib. 12 fin.—*<br /> <b>2</b> (I. q. [[dedico]], no. II. A.) To [[consecrate]] a [[thing]] by using it for the [[first]] [[time]]: nova signa novamque aquilam, Tac. H. 5, 16.— Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), [[devoted]], [[consecrated]], dedicated: loca Christo dedicatissima, August. Civ. Dei, 3, 31: CONSTANTINO AETERNO AVGVSTO ARRIVS DIOTIMVS ... N. M. Q. (i. e. numini majestatique) EIVS DICATISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 1083.<br /><b>dīco</b>: xi, ctum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> [[praes]]. DEICO, Inscr. Orell. 4848; imp. usu. dic; cf. duc, fac, fer, from [[duco]], etc., DEICVNTO, and perf. DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm. ib. 3673; imp. [[dice]], Naev. ap. Fest. p. 298, 29 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 109; id. Bac. 4, 4, 65; id. Merc. 1, 2, 47 al.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 21; fut. dicem = dicam, [[Cato]] ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 6 Müll.—Another form of the [[future]] is dicebo, [[Novius]] ap. Non. 507 (Com. v. 8 Rib.). —Perf. sync.: dixti, Plaut. As. 4, 2, 14; id. Trin. 2, 4, 155; id. Mil. 2, 4, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 100 et saep.; Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Caecin. 29, 82; acc. to Quint. 9, 3, 22.— Perf. subj.: dixis, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.: dixem = dixissem, Plaut. Pseud. 1, 5, 84; inf. dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 23; Varr. ib. 451, 16; Arn. init.; Aus. Sept. Sap. de Cleob. 8; inf. [[praes]]. [[pass]]. dicier, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 32; Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9 al.), v. a. [[root]] DIC = ΔΕΙΚ> in [[δείκνυμι]]; lit., to [[show]]; cf. [[δίκη]], and Lat. [[dicis]], iu-dex, [[dicio]], to [[say]], [[tell]], [[mention]], [[relate]], [[affirm]], [[declare]], [[state]]; to [[mean]], [[intend]] (for syn. cf.: 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]], etc.; cf. also, [[nego]].—The [[person]] addressed is [[usually]] [[put]] in dat.,<br /> v. the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in eccl. Lat., stands for the Gr. εἰπεῖν [[πρός]] τινα, Vulg. Luc. 2, 34 al.; cf. [[infra]] I. B. 2. γ).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: Amphitruonis socium nae me esse volui dicere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 228: advenisse familiarem dicito, id. ib. 1, 1, 197: haec uti sunt facta ero dicam, id. ib. 1, 1, 304; cf. ib. 2, 1, 23: signi dic [[quid]] est? id. ib. 1, 1, 265: si dixero [[mendacium]], id. ib. 1, 1, 43; cf. opp. vera [[dico]], id. ib. 1, 1, 238 al.: quo [[facto]] aut [[dicto]] adest [[opus]], id. ib. 1, 1, 15; cf.: dictu [[opus]] est, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68: [[nihil]] est dictu facilius, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70: turpe dictu, id. Ad. 2, 4, 11: indignis si [[male]] dicitur, [[bene]] [[dictum]] id esse [[dico]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27: [[ille]], quem dixi, whom I [[have]] mentioned, named, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45 et saep.: vel dicam = vel [[potius]], or [[rather]]: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite, Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.: mihi placebat [[Pomponius]] [[maxime]] vel dicam [[minime]] displicebat, id. Brut. 57, 207; so id. ib. 70, 246; id. Fam. 4, 7, 3 al.—<br /> <b>b</b> Dicitur, dicebatur, [[dictum]] est, impers. [[with]] acc. and inf., it is said, [[related]], maintained, etc.; or, [[they]] [[say]], [[affirm]], etc.: de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to [[Verres]] [[that]], etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18: non [[sine]] [[causa]] dicitur, ad ea referri omnes [[nostras]] cogitationes, id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; so, dicitur, Nep. Paus. 5, 3; Quint. 5, 7, 33; 7, 2, 44; Ov. F. 4, 508: Titum [[multo]] [[apud]] patrem sermone orasse dicebatur, ne, etc., Tac. H. 4, 52; so, dicebatur, id. A. 1, 10: in hac habitasse [[platea]] [[dictum]]'st Chrysidem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 1: [[dictum]] est, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 38, 56; Quint. 6, 1, 27: ut pulsis hostibus dici posset, eos, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 3. Cf. also: hoc, illud dicitur, [[with]] acc. and inf., Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 72; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Quint. 4, 2, 91; 11, 3, 177 al. —Esp. in histt. in [[reference]] to [[what]] has been [[previously]] [[related]]: ut [[supra]] [[dictum]] est, Sall. J. 96, 1: [[sicut]] [[ante]] [[dictum]] est, Nep. [[Dion]]. 9, 5; cf. Curt. 3, 7, 7; 5, 1, 11; 8, 6, 2 et saep.—<br /> <b>c</b> (See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, [[with]] nom. and inf., it is said [[that]] I, thou, he, etc.; or, [[they]] [[say]] [[that]] I, thou, etc.: ut nos dicamur duo omnium dignissimi esse, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 47: cf. Quint. 4, 4, 6: dicar [[Princeps]] Aeolium [[carmen]] ad Italos Deduxisse modos, Hor. Od. 3, 30, 10 al.: [[illi]] [[socius]] esse diceris, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 72: [[aedes]] Demaenetus ubi dicitur habitare, id. As. 2, 3, 2: qui ([[Pisistratus]]) [[primus]] Homeri libros confusos [[antea]] sic disposuisse dicitur, ut [[nunc]] habemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137 et saep.: [[quot]] annos [[nata]] dicitur? Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: is [[nunc]] dicitur venturus [[peregre]], id. Truc. 1, 1, 66 et saep. In a [[double]] [[construction]], [[with]] nom. and inf., and acc. and inf. (acc. to no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major [[Titius]] ... idque ab eis [[facile]] (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28 fin.; so Suet. Oth. 7.—<br /> <b>d</b> Dictum ac [[factum]] or [[dictum]] [[factum]] (Gr. ἅμα [[ἔπος]] ἅμα [[ἔργον]]), in colloq. lang., no [[sooner]] said [[than]] done, [[without]] [[delay]], Ter. And. 2, 3, 7: [[dictum]] ac [[factum]] reddidi, it [[was]] "said and done" [[with]] me, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12; 5, 1, 31; cf.: [[dicto]] citius, Verg. A. 1, 142; Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; and: [[dicto]] [[prope]] citius, Liv. 23, 47, 6.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> Pregn.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[assert]], [[affirm]] a [[thing]] as [[certain]] (opp. [[nego]]): quem esse negas, eundem esse [[dicis]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.: dicebant, ego negabam, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; and: quibus [[creditum]] non [[sit]] negantibus, iisdem credatur dicentibus? id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.—<br /> <b>b</b> For [[dico]] [[with]] a [[negative]], [[nego]] is used, q. v.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 799; [[but]]: dicere [[nihil]] esse pulchrius, etc., Liv. 30, 12, 6; 21, 9, 3 Fabri; so, freq. in Liv. [[when]] the [[negation]] precedes, id. 30, 22, 5; 23, 10, 13 al.; cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 355.—<br /> <b>2</b> [[dico]] is [[often]] inserted parenthetically, to [[give]] [[emphasis]] to an apposition: [[utinam]] C. Caesari, patri, [[dico]] adulescenti contigisset, etc., Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; id. Planc. 12, 30; Quint. 9, 2, 83; cf. Cic. Or. 58, 197; id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 24: [[ille]] mihi [[praesidium]] dederat, cum [[dico]] mihi, senatui [[dico]] populoque Romano, Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 20; Sen. Ep. 83, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 2; 3, 2, 2.—<br /> <b>3</b> In [[rhetor]]. and jurid. lang., to [[pronounce]], [[deliver]], [[rehearse]], [[speak]] [[any]] [[thing]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With acc.: [[oratio]] dicta de scripto, Cic. Planc. 30 fin.; cf.: sententiam de scripto, id. Att. 4, 3, 3: controversias, Quint. 3, 8, 51; 9, 2, 77: [[prooemium]] ac narrationem et argumenta, id. 2, 20, 10: exordia, id. 11, 3, 161: theses et communes locos, id. 2, 1, 9: materias, id. 2, 4, 41: [[versus]], Cic. Or. 56, 189; Quint. 6, 3, 86: causam, of the [[defendant]] or his [[attorney]], to [[make]] a [[defensive]] [[speech]], to [[plead]] in [[defence]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 5; id. Quint. 8; id. Sest. 8; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 7, 4, 3; 8, 2, 24 al.; cf. causas (said of the [[attorney]]), Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5; 2, 8, 32 al.: jus, to [[pronounce]] [[judgment]], id. Fl. 3; id. Fam. 13, 14; [[hence]] the [[praetor]]'s [[formula]]: DO, DICO, ADDICO; v. do, etc.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With ad and acc. pers., to [[plead]] [[before]] a [[person]] or [[tribunal]]: ad unum judicem, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10: ad quos? ad me, si [[idoneus]] videor qui judicem, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72; Liv. 3, 41.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With ad and acc. of [[thing]], to [[speak]] in [[reference]] to, in [[reply]] to: non [[audeo]] ad ista dicere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> Absol.: nec [[idem]] loqui, [[quod]] dicere, Cic. Or. 32: est oratoris proprium, [[apte]], [[distincte]], [[ornate]] dicere, id. Off. 1, 1, 2; so, de [[aliqua]] re pro [[aliquo]], [[contra]] aliquem, etc., [[innumerable]] times in Cic. and Quint.: dixi, the t. t. at the [[end]] of a [[speech]], I [[have]] done, Cic. Verr. 1 fin. Ascon. and Zumpt, a. h. 1.; [[thus]], dixerunt, the t. t. by [[which]] the [[praeco]] [[pronounced]] the speeches of the parties to be [[finished]], Quint. 1, 5, 43; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 6, 4, 7.—Transf. [[beyond]] the [[judicial]] [[sphere]]: causam nullam or causam [[haud]] [[dico]], I [[have]] no [[objection]], Plaut. Mil. 5, 34; id. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 42.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[describe]], [[relate]], [[sing]], [[celebrate]] in [[writing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[tibi]] dicere laudes, Tib. 1, 3, 31; so, laudes Phoebi et Dianae, Hor. C. S. 76: Dianam, Cynthium, Latonam, id. C. 1, 21, 1: Alciden puerosque Ledae, id. ib. 1, 12, 25: caelestes, pugilemve equumve, id. ib. 4, 2, 19: Pelidae stomachum, id. ib. 1, 6, 5: bella, id. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Liv. 7, 29: [[carmen]], Hor. C. 1, 32, 3; id. C. S. 8; Tib. 2, 1, 54: modos, Hor. C. 3, 11, 7: silvestrium naturas, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138 et saep.: temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, Tac. A. 1, 1; id. H. 1, 1: vir [[neque]] silendus [[neque]] dicendus [[sine]] [[cura]], Vell. 2, 13.—<br /> <b>b</b> Of prophecies, to [[predict]], [[foretell]]: bellicosis fata Quiritibus Hac lege [[dico]], ne, etc., Hor. C. 3, 3, 58: sortes per carmina, id. A. P. 403: [[quicquid]], id. S. 2, 5, 59: hoc ([[Delphi]]), Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43 et saep.—<br /> <b>5</b> To [[pronounce]], [[articulate]] a [[letter]], [[syllable]], [[word]]: Demosthenem scribit [[Phalereus]], cum Rho dicere nequiret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; Quint. 1, 4, 8; 1, 7, 21 al.—<br /> <b>6</b> To [[call]], to [[name]]: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam [[Graii]] [[quam]] dicunt, Lucr. 3, 106; cf.: Latine dicimus elocutionem, [[quam]] [[Graeci]] φράσιν vocant, Quint. 8, 1, 1: Chaoniamque omnem Trojano a Chaone dixit, Verg. A. 3, 335: hic [[ames]] dici [[pater]] [[atque]] [[princeps]], Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50: [[uxor]] [[quondam]] tua dicta, Verg. A. 2, 678 et saep. —Prov.: dici [[beatus]] [[ante]] obitum [[nemo]] debet, Ov. M. 3, 135.—<br /> <b>7</b> To [[name]], [[appoint]] one to an [[office]]: ut consules roget [[praetor]] vel dictatorem dicat, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2: so, dictatorem, Liv. 5, 9; 7, 26; 8, 29: consulem, id. 10, 15; 24, 9; 26, 22 ([[thrice]]): magistrum equitum, id. 6, 39: aedilem, id. 9, 46: arbitrum bibendi, Hor. Od. 2, 7, 26 et saep.—<br /> <b>8</b> To [[appoint]], [[set]] [[apart]]. [[fix]] [[upon]], [[settle]]: nam mea bona meis cognatis dicam, [[inter]] eos partiam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113; cf. Pompon. ap. Non. 280, 19: dotis [[paululum]] vicino suo, Afran. ib. 26: pecuniam omnem suam doti, Cic. Fl. 35: [[quoniam]] [[inter]] nos [[nuptiae]] sunt dictae, Afran. ap. Non. 280, 24; cf.: diem nuptiis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 75: diem operi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57: diem juris, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 16: diem exercitui ad conveniendum Pharas, Liv. 36, 8; cf. id. 42, 28, and v. [[dies]]: locum consiliis, id. 25, 16: leges pacis, id. 33, 12; cf.: leges victis, id. 34, 57: legem [[tibi]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18; Ov. M. 6, 137; cf.: legem sibi, to [[give]] [[sentence]] [[upon]] one's [[self]], id. ib. 13, 72: [[pretium]] muneri, Hor. C. 4, 8, 12 et saep.—With inf.: [[prius]] [[data]] est, [[quam]] [[tibi]] dari dicta, Pac. ap. Non. 280, 28. —Pass. impers.: [[eodem]] [[Numida]] [[inermis]], ut [[dictum]] erat, accedit, Sall. J. 113, 6.—<br /> <b>9</b> To [[utter]], [[express]], esp. in phrases: non dici potest, dici vix potest, etc.: non dici potest [[quam]] flagrem desiderio urbis, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 17, 5: dici vix potest quanta [[sit]] vis, etc., id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; id. Or. 17, 55; id. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 8; 11, 3, 85.—<br /> <b>10</b> (Mostly in colloq. lang.) Alicui, [[like]] [[our]] vulg. to [[tell]] one so and so, for to [[admonish]], [[warn]], [[threaten]] him: dicebam, [[pater]], [[tibi]], ne matri consuleres [[male]], Plaut. As. 5, 2, 88; cf. Nep. Datam. 5; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1.—Esp. freq.: [[tibi]] (ego) [[dico]], I [[tell]] [[you]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 76; id. Men. 2, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 62 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 2, 33 Ruhnk.; id. ib. 4, 4, 23; id. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 87; Phaedr. 4, 19, 18; cf.: [[tibi]] dicimus, Ov. H. 20, 153; id. M. 9, 122; so, dixi, I [[have]] said it, i. e. [[you]] [[may]] [[depend]] [[upon]] it, it shall be done, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 90; 92.—<br /> <b>11</b> Dicere [[sacramentum]] or sacramento, to [[take]] an [[oath]], to [[swear]]; v. [[sacramentum]].<br /><b>II</b> Transf., i. q. [[intellego]], Gr. [[φημί]], to [[mean]] so and so; it [[may]] [[sometimes]] be rendered in English by [[namely]], to [[wit]]: nec quemquam vidi, qui [[magis]] ea, quae timenda esse negaret, timeret, mortem [[dico]] et deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86; id. de Or. 3, 44, 174: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius [[fortasse]] [[laudo]] [[quam]] [[necesse]] est. At. Platonem [[videlicet]] [[dicis]], id. Leg. 3, 1: uxoris [[dico]], non tuam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 30 et saep.—Hence, [[dictum]], i, n., [[something]] said, i. e. a [[saying]], a [[word]].<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[haut]] doctis dictis certantes sed [[male]] dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.; acc. to Hertz.: nec maledictis); so, [[istaec]] dicta dicere, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 40: docta, id. ib. 2, 2, 99; id. Men. 2, 1, 24; Lucr. 5, 113; cf. condocta, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 3: [[meum]], id. As. 2, 4, 1: ridiculum, id. Capt. 3, 1, 22: minimum, Cic. Fam. 1, 9: ferocibus dictis rem nobilitare, Liv. 23, 47, 4 al.: ob [[admissum]] [[foede]] dictumve [[superbe]], Lucr. 5, 1224; cf. [[facete]], Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73; id. Poen. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104 al.: [[lepide]], Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 103: [[absurde]], id. Capt. 1, 1, 3: [[vere]], Nep. Alc. 8, 4: [[ambigue]], Hor. A. P. 449 et saep.—Pleon.: feci ego [[istaec]] dicta quae vos dicitis (sc. me fecisse), Plaut. Casin. 5, 4, 17.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[saying]], [[maxim]], [[proverb]]: [[aurea]] dicta, Lucr. 3, 12; cf. veridica, id. 6, 24: Catonis est [[dictum]]. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Cic. Fl. 29 fin. Hence, the [[title]] of a [[work]] by [[Caesar]]: Dicta collectanea (his Ἀποφθέγματα, mentioned in Cic. Fam. 9, 16), Suet. Caes. 56.—Esp. freq.,<br /> <b>2</b> For [[facete]] [[dictum]], a [[witty]] [[saying]], bon-mot, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54 fin. (cf. Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1 fin.); Cic. Phil. 2, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 2; 16; 36; Liv. 7, 33, 3; Hor. A. P. 273 et saep.; cf. also, [[dicterium]].—<br /> <b>3</b> Poetry, [[verse]] (abstr. and concr.): dicti [[studiosus]], Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 18, 71: rerum naturam expandere dictis, Lucr. 1, 126; 5, 56: [[Ennius]] hirsuta cingat sua dicta [[corona]], Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[prediction]], [[prophecy]], Lucr. 1, 103; Verg. A. 2, 115; Val. Fl. 2, 326 al.; cf. [[dictio]].—<br /> <b>5</b> An [[order]], [[command]]: [[dicto]] paruit [[consul]], Liv. 9, 41; cf. Verg. A. 3, 189; Ov. M. 8, 815: haec dicta dedit, Liv. 3, 61; cf. id. 7, 33; 8, 34; 22, 25 al.: [[dicto]] audientem esse and [[dicto]] audire alicui, v. [[audio]].—<br /> <b>6</b> A [[promise]], [[assurance]]: [[illi]] dixerant [[sese]] dedituros ... [[Cares]], [[tamen]], non [[dicto]] capti, etc., Nep. Milt. 2, 5; Fur. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 34. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>dĭcō</b>,¹⁰ āvī, ātum, āre ([[dico]], ere), tr., proclamer solennellement qu’une chose [[sera]],<br /><b>1</b> dédier, consacrer à une divinité : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 184 ; Liv. 28, 46, 16, etc. ; Plin. 7, 97, etc. ; cycni Apollini dicati Cic. Tusc. 1, 73, les cygnes consacrés à Apollon || [[inter]] numina [[dicatus]] [[Augustus]] Tac. Ann. 1, 59, Auguste consacré au nombre des divinités, cf. Plin. 34, 34<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] vouer, consacrer : [[studium]] laudi alicujus Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4, vouer tout son zèle à glorifier qqn ; totum diem alicui Cic. Leg. 2, 7, consacrer toute une journée à qqn ; ([[genus]] epidicticum) gymnasiis et palæstræ dicatum Cic. Or. 42, (le genre épidictique) réservé aux gymnases et à la salle d’exercice || se alicui, se vouer, s’attacher à qqn : Cic. de Or. 3, 11 ; se [[alii]] civitati Cic. Balbo 28, se in aliam civitatem Cic. Balbo 30, se faire citoyen d’une autre ville ; se alicui in clientelam Cæs. G. 6, 12, 7, se ranger parmi les clients de qqn ; se alicui in servitutem Cæs. G. 6, 13, 2, se donner comme esclave à qqn || inaugurer : Tac. H. 5, 16. arch. [[dicassit]] = dicaverit || dicasset = dicavisset Lucil. Sat. 1081.<br />(2) <b>dīcō</b>,³ dīxī, [[dictum]], ĕre (rac. deik, montrer ; anc. latin [[deico]] ; grec [[δείκνυμι]]), tr., montrer par la parole,<br /><b>1</b> [[dire]], prononcer : rhodicere Cic. Div. 2, 96, [[dire]] [[rho]], prononcer le [[rho]] (de Or. 1, 120 ; Quint. 1, 4, 8, etc.)<br /><b>2</b> [[dire]], exprimer par les mots : [[bene]] dicta, [[bene]] facta Cic. Br. 322, belles paroles, belles actions : ii, quos [[paulo]] [[ante]] diximus Cic. Br. 32, ceux dont nous avons parlé tout à l’heure ; pauca dicam ad reliquam orationem, tuam Cic. Fin. 2, 85, je dirai quelques mots seulement en réponse au reste de ton développement ; ad eas, quas diximus, munitiones Cæs. G. 3, 26, 2, vers le retranchement dont nous avons parlé ; [[testimonium]] Cic. Ac. 2, 146, faire une déposition ; sententiam Cic. Domo 70, exprimer son [[avis]] || [[vel]] dicam, ou, si vous voulez, je dirai = ou plutôt : stuporem hominis [[vel]] dicam pecudis attendite Cic. Phil. 2, 30, remarquez la stupidité du personnage, ou plutôt de la bête (Fin. 1, 10 ; Fam. 4, 7, 3 ; Br. 207 ; 246 ; etc.) || [[dico]], je veux [[dire]], j’entends : [[utinam]] C. Cæsari, patri [[dico]], contigisset... Cic. Phil. 5, 49, plût aux dieux que C. César, le père, j’entends, eût eu la chance de... ; cum istius mulieris viro, fratre volui dicere Cic. Cæl. 32, avec le mari de [[cette]] femme, son frère, ai-je voulu [[dire]], cf. Tusc. 5, 105 ; Quint. 9, 2, 83 ; Sen. Ep. 83, 12 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 20, 2 ; 3, 5, 14 || [[dico]], je parle de, c’est-à-dire, à savoir : hæc [[duo]] animadvertunt, verba [[dico]] et sententias Cic. Or. 197, ils tournent leur attention sur ces deux points, à savoir l’expression et la pensée ; [[veteres]] [[illi]], Herodotum [[dico]] et Thucydidem Cic. Or. 219, ces écrivains anciens, je parle d’Hérodote et de Thucydide || [reprise, correction d’un mot] [[illo]] ipso [[die]], [[die]] [[dico]], [[immo]] [[hora]] [[atque]] [[etiam]] puncto temporis [[eodem]] Cic. Sest. 53, ce jour-là même, je [[dis]] « jour », [[non]], à [[cette]] même heure, mieux, à ce même instant ; consulibus illis, tacentibus dicam ? [[immo]] [[vero]] [[etiam]] adprobantibus Cic. Sest. 56, pendant que ces consuls, dirai-je « se taisaient » ? [[non]], donnaient même leur approbation ; cum [[summo]] [[non]] dicam [[exitio]], [[sed]] [[periculo]] [[certe]] vestro Cic. Sest. 46, en entraînant pour vous, je ne dirai pas le [[plus]] grand désastre, mais certainement le [[plus]] grand danger ; [[cui]] [[prope]] dicam [[soli]]... Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 142, une personne, je dirais presque à qui seule... ; cum [[dico]] [[mihi]] senatui [[dico]] populoque Romano, Cic. Phil. 11, 20, quand je [[dis]] à moi, je [[dis]] au sénat et au peuple romain ; [[nuper]]... [[quod]] [[dico]] [[nuper]], [= id [[nuper]], [[quod]] [[dico]], ce mot [[nuper]] que j’emploie] [[immo]] [[vero]] [[modo]] ac [[plane]] [[paulo]] [[ante]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, naguère... et ce que je [[dis]] là « naguère »..., [[non]], c’[[est]] tout à l’heure, il y a tout à fait peu d’instants ; [[nullus]] [[sumptus]]..., nullum cum [[dico]]... Cic. Att. 6, 2, 4, aucune dépense... quand je [[dis]] aucune... ; [[princeps]] ; cum [[dico]] [[princeps]]... Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 2, 2, le premier ; quand je [[dis]] le premier... || obscurantis [[est]] splendorem honestatis ne dicam inquinantis Cic. Fin. 5, 22, c’[[est]] obscurcir pour ne pas [[dire]] souiller l’éclat de l’honnête ; ut [[ita]] dicam Cic. Fin. 3, 28, pour ainsi [[dire]] (ut [[ita]] ou [[sic]] dixerim, époque impériale) ; plura ne dicam Cic. Planc. 104, pour n’en pas [[dire]] davantage ; ut plura [[non]] dicam Cic. Pomp. 44, sans en [[dire]] [[plus]] ; ut [[nihil]] dicam [[amplius]] Cic. Cæc. 104, sans [[rien]] [[dire]] de [[plus]] ! [[quod]] [[inter]] [[nos]] liceat dicere Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1, qu’il soit permis de [[dire]] cela entre nous (soit dit entre nous); C. Lælium diceres Cic. Phil. 2, 83, on eût dit C. Lælius ; [[canes]] venaticos diceres Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 31, on aurait dit des chiens de chasse ; dixerit [[quis]] Cic. Off. 3, 76, pourrait [[dire]] qqn ; eosdem [[motus]] animi perturbationes dixerimus Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, ces mêmes mouvements de l’âme, nous pourrions les appeler passions (Nat. 1, 52) || [[difficile]] dictu [[est]] de singulis Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 2, il [[est]] [[difficile]] de parler de chacun individuellement ; incredibile [[est]] dictu Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 129, c’[[est]] incroyable à [[dire]] ; [[bene]] dixti Ter. Eun. 451, c’[[est]] bien dit, tu as raison ; [[bene]] dicite Pl. As. 745, dites des paroles de bon augure = taisez-vous, pas de paroles de mauvais augure (cf. εὐφημεῖν) || ut [[dixi]], ut diximus, ut [[supra]] diximus, [[quemadmodum]] [[supra]] [[dixi]] Cic., Cæs., comme je l’ai dit, comme nous l’avons dit [[plus]] [[haut]], comme je l’ai dit [[plus]] [[haut]] ; ut [[dictum]] [[est]], ut [[ante]] [[dictum]] [[est]] Cæs., comme on l’a dit précédemment ; [[quoniam]] duobus superioribus libris de morte [[dictum]] [[est]] Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, puisque dans les deux livres précédents il a été parlé de la mort ; ut dicitur Cic. Cæl. 28, comme on dit || [pass. imp. avec prop. inf.] : [[pars]], [[quam]] Gallos obtinere [[dictum]] [[est]] Cæs. G. 1, 1, 5, la partie occupée, comme il a été dit, par les Gaulois (G. 1, 46, 3 ; etc.; Cic. Fin. 3, 60 ; etc.); de [[hoc]] (Diodoto) Verri dicitur, habere [[eum]]... Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, à [[propos]] de ce Diodote, on dit à Verrès qu’il possède... || [démonstratif [[neutre]] sujet] : [[hoc]], [[illud]] dicitur, on dit ceci, à savoir que : Cic. Fin. 5, 72 ; de Or. 1, 150 ; etc. || [pass. imp. avec interr. indir.] : [[non]] dici potest [[quam]] flagrem desiderio urbis Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1, il [[est]] impossible de [[dire]] combien je brûle du désir de revoir Rome ; dici [[vix]] potest [[quantum]] intersit... Cic. Or. 55, on dirait difficilement quelle importance... (Leg. 2, 38 ; Verr. 2, 4, 127 ; etc.) || [pass. pers. avec infinitif] : ut [[nos]] dicamur [[duo]] dignissumi [[esse]]... Pl. As. 312, au point que l’on [[dira]] que tous deux nous sommes les [[plus]] dignes de...; [[Pisistratus]] [[primus]] Homeri libros... disposuisse dicitur Cic. de Or. 3, 137, Pisistrate, le premier, dit-on, mit en ordre les poèmes d’Homère... ; ex Marte [[natus]] [[Anteros]] dicitur Cic. Nat. 3, 59, Antéros [[est]], dit-on, fils de [[Mars]] || [idée d’ordre, de recommandation] [av. subj. seul] Pl. St. 624 ; [av. ut subj.] ; dixeram de re publica ut sileremus Cic. Br. 157, j’avais proposé que nous ne parlions pas de politique ; dicam tuis, ut... Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 2, je demanderai à tes [[gens]] de...; [avec ne ] Nep. Dat. 5, 1<br /><b>3</b> <b> a)</b> [[dire]], prononcer, plaider : causam Cic. Sest. 8, etc., plaider une cause ; orationem Cic. de Or. 3, 213, prononcer un discours (Br. 206) || abs<sup>t</sup>] : de [[aliqua]] re ad aliquem Cic. Opt. 10, plaider sur une affaire devant qqn ; [[pro]] [[aliquo]], [[contra]] aliquem, in aliquem [mais v. in acc.], plaider pour qqn, contre qqn ; [[apud]] centumviros, devant les centumvirs ; [[populo]] Sen. Rhet. Contr. 7, præf. 1, devant le peuple ; [[contra]] Cic. Br. 198, plaider dans le sens opposé ; <b> b)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] parler en orateur : [[nec]] [[idem]] loqui [[quod]] dicere Cic. Or. 113, et le langage courant n’[[est]] pas la même chose que la parole oratoire, cf. Br. 212 ; etc. ; [opp. à disputare, discuter en dialecticien] Br. 118 ; [[bene]] dicere Cic. de Or. 1, 50, bien parler [avec talent, éloquence] ; dicebat [[melius]] [[quam]] scripsit Cic. Or. 133, il parlait mieux qu’il n’écrivit [ses discours prononcés étaient supérieurs à ses discours rédigés] ; magistri dicendi Cic. Br. 30, maîtres d’éloquence ; <b> c)</b> [style] : [[quot]] sunt officia oratoris, [[tot]] sunt genera dicendi Cic. Or. 69, autant de devoirs pour l’orateur, autant de genres de style (de Or. 3, 34 ; Br. 113 ; 276 ; etc.)<br /><b>4</b> [en parl. de témoins] [[dire]], déposer, déclarer : Cic. Arch. 8 ; Verr. 2, 4, 114 ; etc.<br /><b>5</b> appeler, donner un nom, une désignation : ([[ira]]) [[quam]], [[bene]] [[Ennius]] [[initium]] dixit insaniæ Cic. Tusc. 4, 52, (la colère) dont [[Ennius]] a dit justement qu’elle était le début de la folie ; aliquem perfectum oratorem Cic. Br. 35, [[dire]] de qqn qu’il [[est]] un orateur parfait ; qui erant cum Aristotele, [[Peripatetici]] dicti sunt Cic. Ac. 1, 17, ceux qui suivaient Aristote furent appelés Péripatéticiens ; Chaoniam Trojano a Chaone dixit Virg. En. 3, 335, il donna le nom de Chaonie en souvenir du Troyen [[Chaon]]<br /><b>6</b> [[dire]], célébrer, chanter, raconter : aliquem Hor. O. 1, 21, 1, chanter qqn, cf. O. 1, 12, 25 ; 4, 2, 19 ; etc.; temporibus Augusti dicendis [[non]] defuere decora ingenia Tac. Ann. 1, 1, pour raconter l’époque d’Auguste il ne manqua pas de beaux génies<br /><b>7</b> nommer, désigner en prononçant le nom : consules dicere Liv. 26, 22, 9, etc., nommer les consuls ; [[prior]] [[dictus]] Liv. 29, 22, 5, nommé le premier, cf. Cic. Pis. 3 ; Att. 9, 15, 2 ; etc.<br /><b>8</b> fixer, établir : [[dies]] colloquio [[dictus]] [[est]] Cæs. G. 1, 42, 3, on fixa le jour de l’entrevue ; doti pecuniam omnem suam dixerat Cic. Fl. 86, elle avait fixé pour sa dot toute sa fortune [elle avait apporté en dot toute sa fortune à son mari] ; locum [[concilio]] Liv. 25, 16, 14, fixer un endroit pour l’entrevue ; ut erat [[dictum]] Cæs. G. 1, 43, 2, comme il avait été convenu ; ut dixerat Cæs. G. 1, 41, 4, comme il l’avait fixé<br /><b>9</b> affirmer [opp. à negare ] : Ter. Eun. 251 ; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5 ; Rab. Post. 35 ; [avec prop. inf.] Tusc. 1, 12 ; [[Sulla]] 43<br /><b>10</b> [dans la convers.] : [[tibi]] [[dico]], c’[[est]] à toi que je parle, que je m’adresse : Pl. Mil. 217, etc., Ter. Eun. 337. forme arch. deic- Pl. Pœn. 474 ; Men. 243 ; Ps. 1323 ; CIL 1, 1211, 1 ; deixsistis CIL 1, 586, 5 ; etc. || subj. arch. [[dixis]] Pl. As. 839 ; Aul. 744 ; Capt. 149 || impér. [[dice]] Pl. Capt. 359, etc. || fut. dicem = dicam Cat. d. Quint. 1, 7, 23 ; [[dicebo]] Nov. Com. 8 || formes sync. : dixti = dixisti Pl. As. 823 ; etc.; Cic. Fin. 2, 10 ; Nat. 3, 23 ; [[dixe]] = dixisse Pl. Amph. 1034g ; Pœn. 961 ; [[Varro]] Men. 284 || inf. pass. dicier Pl. Bacch. 396 ; Cist. 83 ; etc. ; P. [[Vatinius]] d. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. | |||
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dĭco: āvi, ātum, 1 (dixe for dixisse, Val. Ant. ap. Arn. 5, 1; DICASSIT dixerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 15; rather = dicaverit), v. a. orig. the same word with 2. dīco; cf. the meaning of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380.
I To proclaim, make known. So perh. only in the foll. passage: pugnam, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 30.—Far more freq.,
II Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity or to a deified person (for syn. cf.: dedico, consecro, inauguro).
A Prop.: et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 12: donum tibi (sc. Jovi) dicatum atque promissum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72; cf.: ara condita atque dicata, Liv. 1, 7 (for which aram condidit dedicavitque, id. 28, 46 fin.); so, aram, id. 1, 7; 1, 20: capitolium, templum Jovis O. M., id. 22, 38 fin.: templa, Ov. F. 1, 610: delubrum ex manubiis, Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97: lychnuchum Apollini, id. 34, 3, 8, § 14: statuas Olympiae, id. 34, 4, 9, § 16: vehiculum, Tac. G. 40: carmen Veneri, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178; cf. Suet. Ner. 10 fin. et saep.: cygni Apollini dicati, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.—
2 With a personal object, to consecrate, to deify (cf. dedico, no. II. A. b.): Janus geminus a Numa dicatus, Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34: inter numina dicatus Augustus, Tac. A. 1, 59.—
B Transf., beyond the relig. sphere.
1 To give up, set apart, appropriate a thing to any one: recita; aurium operam tibi dico, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 72; so, operam, id. Ps. 1, 5, 147; Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12: hunc totum diem tibi, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7: tuum studium meae laudi, id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: genus (orationis) epidicticum gymnasiis et palaestrae, id. Or. 13, 42: librum Maecenati, Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177; cf.: librum laudibus ptisanae, id. 18, 7, 15, § 75 al.: (Deïopeam) conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo, Verg. A. 1, 73; cf. the same verse, ib. 4, 126: se Crasso, Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 11; cf.: se Remis in clientelam, * Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 7: se alii civitati, to become a free denizen of it, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; for which: se in aliam civitatem, id. ib. 12 fin.—*
2 (I. q. dedico, no. II. A.) To consecrate a thing by using it for the first time: nova signa novamque aquilam, Tac. H. 5, 16.— Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), devoted, consecrated, dedicated: loca Christo dedicatissima, August. Civ. Dei, 3, 31: CONSTANTINO AETERNO AVGVSTO ARRIVS DIOTIMVS ... N. M. Q. (i. e. numini majestatique) EIVS DICATISSIMVS, Inscr. Orell. 1083.
dīco: xi, ctum, 3 (
I praes. DEICO, Inscr. Orell. 4848; imp. usu. dic; cf. duc, fac, fer, from duco, etc., DEICVNTO, and perf. DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm. ib. 3673; imp. dice, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 298, 29 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 109; id. Bac. 4, 4, 65; id. Merc. 1, 2, 47 al.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 21; fut. dicem = dicam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 6 Müll.—Another form of the future is dicebo, Novius ap. Non. 507 (Com. v. 8 Rib.). —Perf. sync.: dixti, Plaut. As. 4, 2, 14; id. Trin. 2, 4, 155; id. Mil. 2, 4, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 100 et saep.; Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Caecin. 29, 82; acc. to Quint. 9, 3, 22.— Perf. subj.: dixis, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.: dixem = dixissem, Plaut. Pseud. 1, 5, 84; inf. dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 23; Varr. ib. 451, 16; Arn. init.; Aus. Sept. Sap. de Cleob. 8; inf. praes. pass. dicier, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 32; Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9 al.), v. a. root DIC = ΔΕΙΚ> in δείκνυμι; lit., to show; cf. δίκη, and Lat. dicis, iu-dex, dicio, to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for syn. cf.: 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, etc.; cf. also, nego.—The person addressed is usually put in dat.,
v. the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in eccl. Lat., stands for the Gr. εἰπεῖν πρός τινα, Vulg. Luc. 2, 34 al.; cf. infra I. B. 2. γ).
I Lit.
A In gen.: Amphitruonis socium nae me esse volui dicere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 228: advenisse familiarem dicito, id. ib. 1, 1, 197: haec uti sunt facta ero dicam, id. ib. 1, 1, 304; cf. ib. 2, 1, 23: signi dic quid est? id. ib. 1, 1, 265: si dixero mendacium, id. ib. 1, 1, 43; cf. opp. vera dico, id. ib. 1, 1, 238 al.: quo facto aut dicto adest opus, id. ib. 1, 1, 15; cf.: dictu opus est, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68: nihil est dictu facilius, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70: turpe dictu, id. Ad. 2, 4, 11: indignis si male dicitur, bene dictum id esse dico, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27: ille, quem dixi, whom I have mentioned, named, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45 et saep.: vel dicam = vel potius, or rather: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite, Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.: mihi placebat Pomponius maxime vel dicam minime displicebat, id. Brut. 57, 207; so id. ib. 70, 246; id. Fam. 4, 7, 3 al.—
b Dicitur, dicebatur, dictum est, impers. with acc. and inf., it is said, related, maintained, etc.; or, they say, affirm, etc.: de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18: non sine causa dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes, id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; so, dicitur, Nep. Paus. 5, 3; Quint. 5, 7, 33; 7, 2, 44; Ov. F. 4, 508: Titum multo apud patrem sermone orasse dicebatur, ne, etc., Tac. H. 4, 52; so, dicebatur, id. A. 1, 10: in hac habitasse platea dictum'st Chrysidem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 1: dictum est, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 38, 56; Quint. 6, 1, 27: ut pulsis hostibus dici posset, eos, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 3. Cf. also: hoc, illud dicitur, with acc. and inf., Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 72; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Quint. 4, 2, 91; 11, 3, 177 al. —Esp. in histt. in reference to what has been previously related: ut supra dictum est, Sall. J. 96, 1: sicut ante dictum est, Nep. Dion. 9, 5; cf. Curt. 3, 7, 7; 5, 1, 11; 8, 6, 2 et saep.—
c (See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, with nom. and inf., it is said that I, thou, he, etc.; or, they say that I, thou, etc.: ut nos dicamur duo omnium dignissimi esse, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 47: cf. Quint. 4, 4, 6: dicar Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos, Hor. Od. 3, 30, 10 al.: illi socius esse diceris, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 72: aedes Demaenetus ubi dicitur habitare, id. As. 2, 3, 2: qui (Pisistratus) primus Homeri libros confusos antea sic disposuisse dicitur, ut nunc habemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137 et saep.: quot annos nata dicitur? Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89: is nunc dicitur venturus peregre, id. Truc. 1, 1, 66 et saep. In a double construction, with nom. and inf., and acc. and inf. (acc. to no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major Titius ... idque ab eis facile (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28 fin.; so Suet. Oth. 7.—
d Dictum ac factum or dictum factum (Gr. ἅμα ἔπος ἅμα ἔργον), in colloq. lang., no sooner said than done, without delay, Ter. And. 2, 3, 7: dictum ac factum reddidi, it was "said and done" with me, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12; 5, 1, 31; cf.: dicto citius, Verg. A. 1, 142; Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; and: dicto prope citius, Liv. 23, 47, 6.—
B In partic.
1 Pregn.
a To assert, affirm a thing as certain (opp. nego): quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.: dicebant, ego negabam, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; and: quibus creditum non sit negantibus, iisdem credatur dicentibus? id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.—
b For dico with a negative, nego is used, q. v.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 799; but: dicere nihil esse pulchrius, etc., Liv. 30, 12, 6; 21, 9, 3 Fabri; so, freq. in Liv. when the negation precedes, id. 30, 22, 5; 23, 10, 13 al.; cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 355.—
2 dico is often inserted parenthetically, to give emphasis to an apposition: utinam C. Caesari, patri, dico adulescenti contigisset, etc., Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; id. Planc. 12, 30; Quint. 9, 2, 83; cf. Cic. Or. 58, 197; id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 24: ille mihi praesidium dederat, cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque Romano, Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 20; Sen. Ep. 83, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 2; 3, 2, 2.—
3 In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.
(a) With acc.: oratio dicta de scripto, Cic. Planc. 30 fin.; cf.: sententiam de scripto, id. Att. 4, 3, 3: controversias, Quint. 3, 8, 51; 9, 2, 77: prooemium ac narrationem et argumenta, id. 2, 20, 10: exordia, id. 11, 3, 161: theses et communes locos, id. 2, 1, 9: materias, id. 2, 4, 41: versus, Cic. Or. 56, 189; Quint. 6, 3, 86: causam, of the defendant or his attorney, to make a defensive speech, to plead in defence, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5; id. Quint. 8; id. Sest. 8; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 7, 4, 3; 8, 2, 24 al.; cf. causas (said of the attorney), Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5; 2, 8, 32 al.: jus, to pronounce judgment, id. Fl. 3; id. Fam. 13, 14; hence the praetor's formula: DO, DICO, ADDICO; v. do, etc.—
(b) With ad and acc. pers., to plead before a person or tribunal: ad unum judicem, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10: ad quos? ad me, si idoneus videor qui judicem, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72; Liv. 3, 41.—
(g) With ad and acc. of thing, to speak in reference to, in reply to: non audeo ad ista dicere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—
(d) Absol.: nec idem loqui, quod dicere, Cic. Or. 32: est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere, id. Off. 1, 1, 2; so, de aliqua re pro aliquo, contra aliquem, etc., innumerable times in Cic. and Quint.: dixi, the t. t. at the end of a speech, I have done, Cic. Verr. 1 fin. Ascon. and Zumpt, a. h. 1.; thus, dixerunt, the t. t. by which the praeco pronounced the speeches of the parties to be finished, Quint. 1, 5, 43; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 6, 4, 7.—Transf. beyond the judicial sphere: causam nullam or causam haud dico, I have no objection, Plaut. Mil. 5, 34; id. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 42.—
4 To describe, relate, sing, celebrate in writing (mostly poet.): tibi dicere laudes, Tib. 1, 3, 31; so, laudes Phoebi et Dianae, Hor. C. S. 76: Dianam, Cynthium, Latonam, id. C. 1, 21, 1: Alciden puerosque Ledae, id. ib. 1, 12, 25: caelestes, pugilemve equumve, id. ib. 4, 2, 19: Pelidae stomachum, id. ib. 1, 6, 5: bella, id. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Liv. 7, 29: carmen, Hor. C. 1, 32, 3; id. C. S. 8; Tib. 2, 1, 54: modos, Hor. C. 3, 11, 7: silvestrium naturas, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138 et saep.: temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, Tac. A. 1, 1; id. H. 1, 1: vir neque silendus neque dicendus sine cura, Vell. 2, 13.—
b Of prophecies, to predict, foretell: bellicosis fata Quiritibus Hac lege dico, ne, etc., Hor. C. 3, 3, 58: sortes per carmina, id. A. P. 403: quicquid, id. S. 2, 5, 59: hoc (Delphi), Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43 et saep.—
5 To pronounce, articulate a letter, syllable, word: Demosthenem scribit Phalereus, cum Rho dicere nequiret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; Quint. 1, 4, 8; 1, 7, 21 al.—
6 To call, to name: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam Graii quam dicunt, Lucr. 3, 106; cf.: Latine dicimus elocutionem, quam Graeci φράσιν vocant, Quint. 8, 1, 1: Chaoniamque omnem Trojano a Chaone dixit, Verg. A. 3, 335: hic ames dici pater atque princeps, Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50: uxor quondam tua dicta, Verg. A. 2, 678 et saep. —Prov.: dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet, Ov. M. 3, 135.—
7 To name, appoint one to an office: ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2: so, dictatorem, Liv. 5, 9; 7, 26; 8, 29: consulem, id. 10, 15; 24, 9; 26, 22 (thrice): magistrum equitum, id. 6, 39: aedilem, id. 9, 46: arbitrum bibendi, Hor. Od. 2, 7, 26 et saep.—
8 To appoint, set apart. fix upon, settle: nam mea bona meis cognatis dicam, inter eos partiam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113; cf. Pompon. ap. Non. 280, 19: dotis paululum vicino suo, Afran. ib. 26: pecuniam omnem suam doti, Cic. Fl. 35: quoniam inter nos nuptiae sunt dictae, Afran. ap. Non. 280, 24; cf.: diem nuptiis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 75: diem operi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57: diem juris, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 16: diem exercitui ad conveniendum Pharas, Liv. 36, 8; cf. id. 42, 28, and v. dies: locum consiliis, id. 25, 16: leges pacis, id. 33, 12; cf.: leges victis, id. 34, 57: legem tibi, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18; Ov. M. 6, 137; cf.: legem sibi, to give sentence upon one's self, id. ib. 13, 72: pretium muneri, Hor. C. 4, 8, 12 et saep.—With inf.: prius data est, quam tibi dari dicta, Pac. ap. Non. 280, 28. —Pass. impers.: eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit, Sall. J. 113, 6.—
9 To utter, express, esp. in phrases: non dici potest, dici vix potest, etc.: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 17, 5: dici vix potest quanta sit vis, etc., id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; id. Or. 17, 55; id. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 8; 11, 3, 85.—
10 (Mostly in colloq. lang.) Alicui, like our vulg. to tell one so and so, for to admonish, warn, threaten him: dicebam, pater, tibi, ne matri consuleres male, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 88; cf. Nep. Datam. 5; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1.—Esp. freq.: tibi (ego) dico, I tell you, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 76; id. Men. 2, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 62 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 2, 33 Ruhnk.; id. ib. 4, 4, 23; id. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 87; Phaedr. 4, 19, 18; cf.: tibi dicimus, Ov. H. 20, 153; id. M. 9, 122; so, dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, it shall be done, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 90; 92.—
11 Dicere sacramentum or sacramento, to take an oath, to swear; v. sacramentum.
II Transf., i. q. intellego, Gr. φημί, to mean so and so; it may sometimes be rendered in English by namely, to wit: nec quemquam vidi, qui magis ea, quae timenda esse negaret, timeret, mortem dico et deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86; id. de Or. 3, 44, 174: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius fortasse laudo quam necesse est. At. Platonem videlicet dicis, id. Leg. 3, 1: uxoris dico, non tuam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 30 et saep.—Hence, dictum, i, n., something said, i. e. a saying, a word.
A In gen.: haut doctis dictis certantes sed male dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.; acc. to Hertz.: nec maledictis); so, istaec dicta dicere, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 40: docta, id. ib. 2, 2, 99; id. Men. 2, 1, 24; Lucr. 5, 113; cf. condocta, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 3: meum, id. As. 2, 4, 1: ridiculum, id. Capt. 3, 1, 22: minimum, Cic. Fam. 1, 9: ferocibus dictis rem nobilitare, Liv. 23, 47, 4 al.: ob admissum foede dictumve superbe, Lucr. 5, 1224; cf. facete, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73; id. Poen. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104 al.: lepide, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 103: absurde, id. Capt. 1, 1, 3: vere, Nep. Alc. 8, 4: ambigue, Hor. A. P. 449 et saep.—Pleon.: feci ego istaec dicta quae vos dicitis (sc. me fecisse), Plaut. Casin. 5, 4, 17.—
B In partic.
1 A saying, maxim, proverb: aurea dicta, Lucr. 3, 12; cf. veridica, id. 6, 24: Catonis est dictum. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Cic. Fl. 29 fin. Hence, the title of a work by Caesar: Dicta collectanea (his Ἀποφθέγματα, mentioned in Cic. Fam. 9, 16), Suet. Caes. 56.—Esp. freq.,
2 For facete dictum, a witty saying, bon-mot, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54 fin. (cf. Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1 fin.); Cic. Phil. 2, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 2; 16; 36; Liv. 7, 33, 3; Hor. A. P. 273 et saep.; cf. also, dicterium.—
3 Poetry, verse (abstr. and concr.): dicti studiosus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 18, 71: rerum naturam expandere dictis, Lucr. 1, 126; 5, 56: Ennius hirsuta cingat sua dicta corona, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—
4 A prediction, prophecy, Lucr. 1, 103; Verg. A. 2, 115; Val. Fl. 2, 326 al.; cf. dictio.—
5 An order, command: dicto paruit consul, Liv. 9, 41; cf. Verg. A. 3, 189; Ov. M. 8, 815: haec dicta dedit, Liv. 3, 61; cf. id. 7, 33; 8, 34; 22, 25 al.: dicto audientem esse and dicto audire alicui, v. audio.—
6 A promise, assurance: illi dixerant sese dedituros ... Cares, tamen, non dicto capti, etc., Nep. Milt. 2, 5; Fur. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 34.
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