dicto

See also: dictó

Catalan

Verb

dicto

1. first-person singular present indicative of dictar

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• dis

Etymology

From Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiktə/

Numeral

dicto

1. tenth

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ik.t̪o]

Etymology 1

From dīcō (“say, speak”) +‎ -tō (frequentative suffix). See dictus.

Verb

dictō (present infinitive dictāre, perfect active dictāvī, supine dictātum); first conjugation

1. to repeat, say often
2. to dictate (to someone for writing)
3. to compose, express in writing
4. to prescribe, recommend, order, dictate

   Synonyms: indīcō, imperō, praescrībō, iniungō, praecipiō, ēdīcō, mandō, iubeō, pōnō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dictō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dictō		dictās		dictat		dictāmus		dictātis		dictant
	imperfect	dictābam		dictābās		dictābat		dictābāmus		dictābātis		dictābant
	future	dictābō		dictābis		dictābit		dictābimus		dictābitis		dictābunt
	perfect	dictāvī		dictāvistī, dictāstī1		dictāvit, dictāt1		dictāvimus, dictāmus1		dictāvistis, dictāstis1		dictāvērunt, dictārunt, dictāvēre1
	pluperfect	dictāveram, dictāram1		dictāverās, dictārās1		dictāverat, dictārat1		dictāverāmus, dictārāmus1		dictāverātis, dictārātis1		dictāverant, dictārant1
	future perfect	dictāverō, dictārō1		dictāveris, dictāris1		dictāverit, dictārit1		dictāverimus, dictārimus1		dictāveritis, dictāritis1		dictāverint, dictārint1
passive	present	dictor		dictāris, dictāre		dictātur		dictāmur		dictāminī		dictantur
	imperfect	dictābar		dictābāris, dictābāre		dictābātur		dictābāmur		dictābāminī		dictābantur
	future	dictābor		dictāberis, dictābere		dictābitur		dictābimur		dictābiminī		dictābuntur
	perfect	dictātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dictātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dictātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dictem		dictēs		dictet		dictēmus		dictētis		dictent
	imperfect	dictārem		dictārēs		dictāret		dictārēmus		dictārētis		dictārent
	perfect	dictāverim, dictārim1		dictāverīs, dictārīs1		dictāverit, dictārit1		dictāverīmus, dictārīmus1		dictāverītis, dictārītis1		dictāverint, dictārint1
	pluperfect	dictāvissem, dictāssem1		dictāvissēs, dictāssēs1		dictāvisset, dictāsset1		dictāvissēmus, dictāssēmus1		dictāvissētis, dictāssētis1		dictāvissent, dictāssent1
passive	present	dicter		dictēris, dictēre		dictētur		dictēmur		dictēminī		dictentur
	imperfect	dictārer		dictārēris, dictārēre		dictārētur		dictārēmur		dictārēminī		dictārentur
	perfect	dictātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dictātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dictā		—		—		dictāte		—
	future	—		dictātō		dictātō		—		dictātōte		dictantō
passive	present	—		dictāre		—		—		dictāminī		—
	future	—		dictātor		dictātor		—		—		dictantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dictāre			dictārī			dictāns			—
future		dictātūrum esse			dictātum īrī			dictātūrus			dictandus
perfect		dictāvisse, dictāsse1			dictātum esse			—			dictātus
future perfect		—			dictātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dictātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dictandī		dictandō		dictandum		dictandō		dictātum		dictātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• dictābolārium
• dictāmen
• dictāta
• dictātiō
• dictātor
• dictitō

Related terms

• dīcō
• dictātiuncula
• dictātōrius
• dictātrīx
• dictātūra
• dictiō
• dictiōnārium
• dictiōsus
• dictum
• dictus

Descendants

• Albanian: dëftoj
• Catalan: dictar
• English: dight, dictate
• Esperanto: dikti
• French: dicter
• Galician: aditar; → ditar.
• Hungarian: diktál
• Italian: dettare
• Old French: ditier
• Portuguese: ditar
• Romanian: dicta, dictare
• Spanish: dictar
• → Proto-West Germanic: *dihtōn (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

dictō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dictus

Noun

dictō

1. dative/ablative singular of dictum

References

• “dicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dicto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to obey a person's orders: dicto audientem esse alicui
    

Portuguese

Noun

dicto m (plural dictos)

1. obsolete spelling of dito

Adjective

dicto (feminine dicta, masculine plural dictos, feminine plural dictas)

1. obsolete spelling of dito

Participle

dicto (feminine dicta, masculine plural dictos, feminine plural dictas)

1. obsolete spelling of dito

Spanish

Verb

dicto

1. first-person singular present indicative of dictar