dictata Latin · revision 9794

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪkˈtaː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [dikˈtaː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dictāta''' ''n pl'' (genitive dictātōrum); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter plural of [[dictātus]], the participle of [[dictō]] “to say repeatedly, dictate”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨dictō⟩ is a frequentative of [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*deik-e/o-|t=to say]], from [[ine-pro|*deyḱ-e/o-]].^(Etymonline)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Cicero's ''Tusculan Disputations''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant dictated lessons or exercises, a text a teacher dictated to pupils, as in Cicero and Horace, and Gaffiot also gives rules, instructions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Dictated lessons or [[m|en|exercise|alt=exercises]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Rules, instructions.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dictō]]

+ * [[dīcō]]

+ * [[dictātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}