ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

dica

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

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dica f (genitive dicae); first declension

  1. (law) trial, lawsuit, prosecution
DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

dicā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dicō

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from indicar (to indicate).

PronunciationEdit

 

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧ca

NounEdit

dica f (plural dicas)

  1. tip (piece of helpful information)