dicacitas
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĭcācĭtas: ātis, f. id.,
I biting wit, raillery, banter (for syn. cf.: sal, facetiae, cavillatio, lepos, urbanitas): dicacitas sine dubio a dicendo, quod est omni generi commune, ducta est; proprie tamen significat sermonem cum risu aliquos incessentem, Quint. 6, 3, 21; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 218; 2, 60, 244; id. Or. 26; Quint. 6, 3, 29 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĭcācĭtās,¹⁴ ātis, f. (dicax), tour d’esprit railleur, causticité, raillerie : Cic. de Or. 2, 218 ; Or. 88.
