state (v.) Copy link Outline 1. praedĭco, 12. prŏfĭteor, fessus, 23. to s. explicitly, nominatim aliquid indicare, Plin. 15, 14, 15.4. narro, 15. auctor esse (of writers)6. scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to s. in writing) • state (v.): to declare: 1. praedĭco, 1: I heard Crassus st.ing that this insult was fastened upon him by Cicero, Crassum audivi praedicantem tantam sibi contumeliam a Cicerone impositam esse, Sall. Cat. 49. 2. prŏfĭteor, fessus, 2: to st. and publicly declare a thing, profiteri et in medium proferre aliquid, Cic. Fam. 2, 23, 76. 3. to s. explicitly, nominatim aliquid indicare, Plin. 15, 14, 15. 4. narro, 1: I will s. at length, narrabo ordine, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20: cf. id. 1, 2, 70. 5. auctor esse (of writers): Fabius R. s.s that a letter was written to Caecina, Fabius Rusticus auctor est scriptos esse ad Caecinam codicillos, Tac. A. 13, 20. 6. scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to s. in writing): it is s.d to us that a great number have met at Rome, scribitur nobis multitudinem Romam convenisse, Brut. et Cass. in Cic. Fam. 11, 2: cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 48. Phr.: to s. a case, causam explicare, Cic. Ros. Am. 12, 34: to s. a matter at great length, rem pluribus verbis exponere, id. Fin. 3, 4, 15: to s. shortly, breviter exponere, id. Pis. 3, 7: to s. on oath, jurejurando affirmare, Liv. 29, 23: to s. positively, adsĕvēro, 1. Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 164: Cic.