dicterium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεικτήριον (deiktḗrion).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːkˈteː.ri.um/, [d̪iːkˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈte.ri.um/, [d̪ikˈt̪ɛːrium]

Noun

dīctērium n (genitive dīctēriī or dīctērī); second declension

1. bon mot, witticism

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīctērium	dīctēria
Genitive	dīctēriī dīctērī1	dīctēriōrum
Dative	dīctēriō	dīctēriīs
Accusative	dīctērium	dīctēria
Ablative	dīctēriō	dīctēriīs
Vocative	dīctērium	dīctēria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (bon mot, witticism): dictum

Descendants

• Spanish: dicterio

References

• “dicterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dicterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• dicterium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016