dictio

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Latin

Etymology

From dīcō (to say) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dictiō f (genitive dictiōnis); third declension

  1. a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dictiō dictiōnēs
Genitive dictiōnis dictiōnum
Dative dictiōnī dictiōnibus
Accusative dictiōnem dictiōnēs
Ablative dictiōne dictiōnibus
Vocative dictiō dictiōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “dictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dictio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • dictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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