dictiosus Latin · revision 9710

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪk.tiˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [dik.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dictiōsus''' (feminine dictiōsa, neuter dictiōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dictiō|-ōsus|t1=saying, speech]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Lewis & Short derive it from [[dictum]] “saying”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) ⟨dictiō⟩ is from [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It occurs only in Varro's ''De lingua Latina''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It apparently meant witty, facetious, satirical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|witty|alt=Witty]], facetious.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dictiō]]

+ * [[dictum]]

+ * [[dīcō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}