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dictiosus

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [dɪk.tiˈoː.sʊs][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [dik.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us][1]

Forms

dictiōsus (feminine dictiōsa, neuter dictiōsum); first/second-declension adjective[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin dictiō (“saying, speech”) + -ōsus.[2][3] Lewis & Short derive it from dictum “saying”.[4] ⟨dictiō⟩ is from dīcō (“to say”).[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

It occurs only in Varro's De lingua Latina.[4][6][5] Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.[5]

Semantic evolution

It apparently meant witty, facetious, satirical.[2][4][6]

Timeline

  • 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.[4][5]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Witty, facetious.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  4. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.