dicto

See also: dictó

Catalan

Verb

dicto

first-person singular present indicative of dictar

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

dis

Etymology

From Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiktə/

Numeral

dicto

tenth

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.toː/, [ˈd̪ɪkt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.to/, [ˈd̪ikt̪o]

Etymology 1

From dīcō (“say, speak”) +‎ -tō (frequentative suffix). See dictus.

Verb

dictō (present infinitive dictāre, perfect active dictāvī, supine dictātum); first conjugation

to repeat, say often
to dictate (to someone for writing)
to compose, express in writing
to prescribe, recommend, order, dictate
Synonyms: indīcō, imperō, praescrībō, iniungō, praecipiō, ēdīcō, mandō, iubeō, pōnō

Conjugation

Conjugation of dictō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dictō	dictās	dictat	dictāmus	dictātis	dictant
	imperfect	dictābam	dictābās	dictābat	dictābāmus	dictābātis	dictābant
	future	dictābō	dictābis	dictābit	dictābimus	dictābitis	dictābunt
	perfect	dictāvī	dictāvistī, dictāstī¹	dictāvit, dictāt¹	dictāvimus, dictāmus¹	dictāvistis, dictāstis¹	dictāvērunt, dictāvēre, dictārunt¹
	pluperfect	dictāveram, dictāram¹	dictāverās, dictārās¹	dictāverat, dictārat¹	dictāverāmus, dictārāmus¹	dictāverātis, dictārātis¹	dictāverant, dictārant¹
	future perfect	dictāverō, dictārō¹	dictāveris, dictāris¹	dictāverit, dictārit¹	dictāverimus, dictārimus¹	dictāveritis, dictāritis¹	dictāverint, dictārint¹
passive	present	dictor	dictāris, dictāre	dictātur	dictāmur	dictāminī	dictantur
	imperfect	dictābar	dictābāris, dictābāre	dictābātur	dictābāmur	dictābāminī	dictābantur
	future	dictābor	dictāberis, dictābere	dictābitur	dictābimur	dictābiminī	dictābuntur
	perfect	dictātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dictātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dictātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dictem	dictēs	dictet	dictēmus	dictētis	dictent
imperfect	dictārem	dictārēs	dictāret	dictārēmus	dictārētis	dictārent
perfect	dictāverim, dictārim¹	dictāverīs, dictārīs¹	dictāverit, dictārit¹	dictāverīmus, dictārīmus¹	dictāverītis, dictārītis¹	dictāverint, dictārint¹
pluperfect	dictāvissem, dictāssem¹	dictāvissēs, dictāssēs¹	dictāvisset, dictāsset¹	dictāvissēmus, dictāssēmus¹	dictāvissētis, dictāssētis¹	dictāvissent, dictāssent¹
passive	present	dicter	dictēris, dictēre	dictētur	dictēmur	dictēminī	dictentur
imperfect	dictārer	dictārēris, dictārēre	dictārētur	dictārēmur	dictārēminī	dictārentur
perfect	dictātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	dictātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dictā	—	—	dictāte	—
active	future	—	dictātō	dictātō	—	dictātōte	dictantō
passive	present	—	dictāre	—	—	dictāminī	—
passive	future	—	dictātor	dictātor	—	—	dictantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dictāre	dictāvisse, dictāsse¹	dictātūrum esse	dictārī	dictātum esse	dictātum īrī
participles		dictāns	—	dictātūrus	—	dictātus	dictandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dictandī	dictandō	dictandum	dictandō	dictātum	dictātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Albanian: dëftoj
Catalan: dictar
English: dight, dictate
Esperanto: dikti
French: dicter
Galician: aditar; → ditar.
Hungarian: diktál
Italian: dettare
Old French: ditier
Portuguese: ditar
Romanian: dicta, dictare
Spanish: dictar
→ Proto-West Germanic: *dihtōn (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

dictō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dictus

Noun

dictō

dative/ablative singular of dictum

References

“dicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“dicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
dicto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to obey a person's orders: dicto audientem esse alicui

Portuguese

Noun

dicto m (plural dictos)

Obsolete spelling of dito.

Adjective

dicto (feminine dicta, masculine plural dictos, feminine plural dictas)

Obsolete spelling of dito.

Verb

dicto

Obsolete spelling of dito.

Spanish

Verb

dicto

first-person singular present indicative of dictar