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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of dīcō (“say”)
Participle
dīcēns (genitive dīcentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- saying, uttering, mentioning, speaking, talking
- declaring, stating
- affirming, asserting (positively)
- telling
- calling, naming
- referring to
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- dicens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to interrupt: interpellare aliquem (dicentem)