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.

    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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