dictamen

English

Etymology

From Latin dictāmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪkˈteɪ.mən/

Noun

dictamen (plural dictamina or dictamens)

1. (rare) A dictation or dictate.
   • 1871, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, translated by R. S. and S. J., Of Adoration in Spirit and Truth:

     The spirit is not bound to follow the laws and dictamens of the flesh

Anagrams

• medicant

Latin

Etymology

From dictō (“I dictate”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dikˈtaː.men/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈta.men/, [d̪ikˈt̪äːmen]

Noun

dictāmen n (genitive dictāminis); third declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

1. utterance
2. motto
3. command
4. literary work
5. style of writing
6. indictment

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	dictāmen	dictāmina
genitive	dictāminis	dictāminum
dative	dictāminī	dictāminibus
accusative	dictāmen	dictāmina
ablative	dictāmine	dictāminibus
vocative	dictāmen	dictāmina

Descendants

• → English: dictamen
• → French: dictamen
• → Spanish: dictamen
• → Portuguese: ditame (semi-learned)

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “dictamen”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictāmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diɡˈtamen/ [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪a.mẽn]
• Rhymes: -amen
• Syllabification: dic‧ta‧men

Noun

dictamen m (plural dictámenes)

1. (law) ruling, verdict, sentence
2. report

Derived terms

• dictaminar

Further reading

• “dictamen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10