Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dictātor +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

dictātōrius (feminine dictātōria, neuter dictātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dictatorial

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dictātōrius dictātōria dictātōrium dictātōriī dictātōriae dictātōria
Genitive dictātōriī dictātōriae dictātōriī dictātōriōrum dictātōriārum dictātōriōrum
Dative dictātōriō dictātōriō dictātōriīs
Accusative dictātōrium dictātōriam dictātōrium dictātōriōs dictātōriās dictātōria
Ablative dictātōriō dictātōriā dictātōriō dictātōriīs
Vocative dictātōrie dictātōria dictātōrium dictātōriī dictātōriae dictātōria

Descendants edit

  • Italian: dittatorio
  • Portuguese: ditatório
  • Spanish: dictatorio

References edit

  • dictatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dictatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dictatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the feeling against the dictator: invidia dictatoria (Liv. 22. 26)