dictum Latin · revision 8087

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪk.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdik.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dictum''' ''n'' (genitive dictī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[dictus]] “said”, the participle of [[dīcō]] “to say”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of words spoken and of a saying.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant what is said, an utterance, one's words, and a saying, witty remark, maxim, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Etymonline adds the senses of a prophecy and an order.^(Etymonline)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a word, saying, command.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for an arbitral award.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''detto'', French ''dit'' and Spanish ''dicho'', and was borrowed into English as ''dicte'' “a saying” in the late 14th century and as [[en|dictum]] in the 1660s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of an utterance and a saying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''dicte'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1660s – English ''dictum'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # What is said; one's words.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A saying, remark, [[m|en|maxim]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|command]].^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An arbitral award.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dictiōsus]]

+ * [[ēdictum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dīcō]]

+ * [[dictābolārium]]

+ * [[dictāmen]]

+ * [[dictāta]]

+ * [[dictātiō]]

+ * [[dictātiuncula]]

+ * [[dictātor]]

+ * [[dictātōrius]]

+ * [[dictātrīx]]

+ * [[dictātūra]]

+ * [[en|dictum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}