Reconstruction:Latin/dire

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Syncopation of dīcere, perhaps by analogy with audīre and fāre (from facere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdire/

Verb

*dīre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. present active infinitive of dīcō

References

• Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 408