dictatorius Latin · revision 9792

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪk.taːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [dik.taˈtɔː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dictātōrius''' (feminine dictātōria, neuter dictātōrium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dictātor|-ius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨dictātor⟩ is from [[m|la|dictō|t=to dictate, prescribe]], a frequentative of [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero, who has ''dictātōrius gladius'' “the dictator's sword”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or belonging to a dictator, dictatorial, as in Cicero and Livy's ''dictātōria māiestās'' and ''dictātōrius iuvenis'' “the dictator's son”; as a masculine noun, a man of dictatorial rank, a former dictator.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin ''ars dictātōria'' was the art of letter-writing, the ''ars dictandī'', and British Medieval Latin used it for concerned with literary composition.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives as Italian ''dittatorio'' and Spanish ''dictatorio'', and German ''diktatorisch'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a [[m|en|dictator]], [[m|en|dictatorial]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of letter-writing, literary composition.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A former dictator.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dictātor]]

+ * [[dictātūra]]

+ * [[dictō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}