dica

Italian

Verb

dica

1. inflection of dire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -cida, Ciad, cadi, cadì

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, “custom; order; judgement”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ka/, [ˈd̪ɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ka/, [ˈd̪iːkä]

Noun

dica f (genitive dicae); first declension

1. (law) trial, lawsuit, prosecution

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dica	dicae
Genitive	dicae	dicārum
Dative	dicae	dicīs
Accusative	dicam	dicās
Ablative	dicā	dicīs
Vocative	dica	dicae

Derived terms

• dicam scribō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kaː/, [ˈd̪ɪkäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ka/, [ˈd̪iːkä]

Verb

dicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dicō

References

• “dica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) so to speak (used to modify a figurative expression): ut ita dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) not to mention..: ut non (nihil) dicam de...
    
  • (ambiguous) to say nothing further on..: ut plura non dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) not to say... (used in avoiding a stronger expression): ne dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to say the least..: ne (quid) gravius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to put it briefly: ut breviter dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to use the mildest expression: ut levissime dicam (opp. ut gravissimo verbo utar)
    
  • (ambiguous) to express myself more plainly: ut planius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to put it more exactly: ut verius dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) to say once for all: ut semel or in perpetuum dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) I will give you my true opinion: dicam quod sentio
    
  • (ambiguous) this I have to say: haec habeo dicere or habeo quae dicam
    
  • (ambiguous) there is something in what you say; you are more or less right: aliquid (τι) dicis (opp. nihil dicis)
    
  • (ambiguous) what do you mean: quorsum haec (dicis)?
    
  • (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Originated in Brazilian Portuguese. Ultimately from indicar (“to indicate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧ca

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Noun

dica f (plural dicas)

1. tip (piece of helpful information)