dictito Latin · revision 9489

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *deyḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dictitō''' (present infinitive dictitāre, perfect active dictitāvī, supine dictitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[dictō]] “to say often, dictate”, itself from [[dīcō]] “to say”, formed with [[-itō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨dīcō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*deyḱ-|t=to show]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of calling something by a name.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to keep saying, repeat, maintain, as in Terence and Cicero; to make a practice of pleading causes, as in Cicero; and to call habitually, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of repeating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of pleading.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep saying, repeat, [[m|en|maintain]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To plead causes habitually.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To call habitually.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dictō]]

+ * [[dīcō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}