say (v.) Copy link Outline A. In connected discourseI. To express in words1. dīco, xi, ctum, 32. āio, verb defect. (to affirm, opposed to nego, to deny)3. nĕgo, 1 (used in such phrr. as, he s.s that he is not, etc., and always implying a counter assertion)4. lŏquor, cūtus, 35. fāri, fātus, 1 (poetical form of loquor)II. To report; esp. in such phrr. as, it is said, they say, etc.1. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to hand down by tradition)2. narro, 1 (to relate)3. dīco, xi, ctum, 34. āio, 35. fĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (esp. 1, 3rd pers. pl. act., and 3rd pers. sing. pass. = Fr. on-dit, it is said)B. Used parenthetically, like our "said I," "said he • say (v.): A. In connected discourse: I. To express in words: 1. dīco, xi, ctum, 3: I shall s. what I think, dicam quod sentio, Cic. Parad. 1, 2: I s. again and again, etiam atque etiam dico, Cic. Att. 13, 25, fin.: usu. followed by acc. and inf., L. G. § 507. 2. āio, verb defect. (to affirm, opposed to nego, to deny): some said that Tarquinius had been instigated by Cicero, alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant, Sall. Cat. 48: Diogenes s.s that it is so, Antipater denies it, Diogenes ait, Antipater negat, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91: usu. foll. by acc. and inf., L. G. l. c. 3. nĕgo, 1 (used in such phrr. as, he s.s that he is not, etc., and always implying a counter assertion): the Stoics s. that nothing is good unless it is honourable, Stoici negant quicquam esse bonum nisi quod honestum sit, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68: Cotta s.s that he will not go to an armed enemy, Cotta se ad armatum hostem iturum negat, Caes. B. G. 5, 36. 4. lŏquor, cūtus, 3: v. to speak. 5. fāri, fātus, 1 (poetical form of loquor): scarcely had I said these things, vix ea fatus eram, Virg. Aen. 2, 323: thus he said, and hurled his mighty spear, sic fatus, et ingentem hastam contorsit, Virg. Aen. 2, 50: one who can be prudent, and s. what he thinks, qui sapere et fari possit quae sentiat, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 9. In relative clauses: come now s. why are you come, fare age, quid venias, Virg. Aen. 6, 389. Phr.: to say nothing, nullam vocem emittere, Liv. 1, 54: nullam reddere vocem, Curt. (in Kr.): no sooner said than done, dictum ac factum, Ter. Andr. 2, 3, 7: with similar meaning, dicto citius, Virg. Aen. 1, 135. II. To report; esp. in such phrr. as, it is said, they say, etc.: 1. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to hand down by tradition): so it is said, sic est traditum, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3: it is said that Galba, Africanus, and Laelius were learned men, Galbam, Africanum, Laelium doctos fuisse traditum est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: they s. that Phidias himself ..., ipsum Phidian tradunt ..., Plin. 36, 45, 5, § 3. 2. narro, 1 (to relate): Philargyrus said to me ..., mihi Philargyrus narravit (foll. by acc. and inf.), Cic. Fam. 6, 1, fin. (In such sentences as, it is said that ..., a pers. form is usu. preferred to an impers.; as, it is said that Greece on account of the love of Paris, etc., Graecia [not Graeciam] propter Paridis narratur amorem ..., Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 6: it is said that in the Pontus the Caecias attracts the clouds towards itself, narrant in Ponto Caecian in se trahere nubes, Plin. 2, 47, 48: Cinna is said to write little verses against me, versiculos in me narratur scribere Cinna, Mart. 3, 9.) 3. dīco, xi, ctum, 3: concerning this man (Diodorus) it is said to Verres that he has very good embossed works of art, de hoc [Diodoro] Verri dicitur habere eum perbona toreumata, Cic. Verr. 4, 18, 38. Sometimes used impers.: they s. that Chrysis had lived in this street, in hac habitasse platea dictum 'st Chrysidem, Ter. Andr. 4, 5, 1: it was said that Titus, before he went away, had earnestly begged his father, etc., Titum, antequam digrederetur, multo apud patrem sermone orasse dicebatur, etc., Tac. H. 4, 52, init. (N.B.--Impers. constr. best avoided.) 4. āio, 3: v. defect. (in quoting a proverbial phr.): as they s., ut aiunt (as the saying is: parenthetically introduced), Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233: cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49. 5. fĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (esp. 1, 3rd pers. pl. act., and 3rd pers. sing. pass. = Fr. on-dit, it is said): for it is said that there was a certain Demaratus, a Corinthian, fuisse enim quendam ferunt Demaratum Corinthium, Cic. Rep. 2, 19, med.: they s. that the giants aimed at the heavenly kingdom, affectasse ferunt regnum caeleste gigantas, Ov. M. 1, 152. Passive use chiefly poet.: cf. Lucr. 5, 14 (namque Ceres fertur fruges instituisse); Virg. Aen. 1, 15 (quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam posthabita soluisse Samo). B. Used parenthetically, like our "said I," "said he:" usu. inquam, 3, defect.: lest "says I" and "says he" should be too often introduced, ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur, Cic. Am. 1, 3: defend this one day, this one, I say, if thou canst, hunc unum diem, hunc unum, inquam, defende si potes, Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 112.
SAY Copy link • SAYdicere (to speak; general term): loqui (to utter, not to be silent): fari (not to be speechless; and in the Golden Age poetical for loqui): eloqui (to utter aloud or boldly, to speak out): proloqui: profiteri (to give utterance to thoughts hitherto kept secret): proferre, afferre aliquid (to bring forward): pronuntiare: edicere (to proclaim publicly): edere (to publish, make known): aio (to affirm; opposed to nego): memorare (Plaut.): commemorare (Terentianus, and especially in the language of common life): narrare (to relate). To say nothing of this, hoc ut omittam, (silentio) praetermittam: to say what one thinks, sententiam suam dicere; dico quid sentiam: I say what I think, dico quod sentio: have you anything else to say to me? num aliquid aliud me vis? (Ter., Phorm., 1, 2, 101). ☞ We often find cedo, especially in familiar conversation, in such phrases as - say, what shall I do? cedo, quid faciam? Everything that we say, omne quod eloquimur (Cic.): to say for certain, pro certo dicere (Cic.), ponere (Liv.): let them say what they have done, edant et exponant quid gesserint (Cic.): what do you say? quid narras? (Terentianus): I do not understand what you say, quid narres, nescio (Terentianus): they say (indefinitely), dicunt; aiunt; ferunt; loquuntur; narrant; dicitur; fertur; traditur, narratur. It is said that I, you, etc., dicor, diceris, with a nominative; e.g., Aristaeus inventor olei esse dicitur, is said to have been. To say, followed by a negative, is often expressed by nego; e.g., he said that it was not expedient, negavit utile esse. To say yes, aio (always denotes the conviction of the speaker); affirmare (to maintain for certain): to say no, nego. It is commonly said, haec est una vox omnium; omnium sermone celebratur: not to say a word, nullam vocem emittere (Liv.); nullam reddere vocem (Curt.); ne hiscere quidem audere (Liv., not to venture to speak). Don’t say a word about it, haec tibi soli dicta puta; haec tu tecum habeto: hoc tibi in aurem dixerim; arcano tibi ego hoc dixi; hoc lapidi dixerim; ☞ not sub rosa hoc tibi dixerim, which is not Latin. I have heard say, or hear it said, audio; audivi; accepi; certior factus sum; mihi nuntiatum, ad me perlatum est; ad aures meas pervenit. I only said so, I said it in joke, per jocum dixi; jocatus sum; temere, non serio dixi. Do you really say so? ain’ tu? itane? hem, quid narras? No sooner said than done, dictum factum (Terentianus); temporis puncto (Caes.): to say that a thing must, or must not be done, dicere, jubere, ut; dicere, jubere ne vetare with accusative and infinitive: to say = advise, Vid: I do not say, or will not say, non dico: non dicam (when the notion thus suppressed says less than a second): ne dicam: nedum (not to say, when the notion thus suppressed, but which might be said, says more than what is said). I will not say... but only, non dicam... sed, non modo... sed (Zumpt, 724). I heard anybody say [Vid: say under To HEAR]. I say no more, nihil dico amplius. I will only say this, unum illud dico; tantum dico. I say, (α) when a speaker merely repeats his observation, inquam: (β) “say rather” when a speaker corrects himself, quid dico?... immo vero; autem... immo (vero, etiam); e.g., we wish to be at Rome on the twentieth; do I say wish? I should rather say we are compelled to be there, Romae a. d. XIII. Cal. volumus esse; quid dico, volumus? immo vero cogimur. What a retinue! retinue do I say? I should rather say, what a large army, qui comitatus; comitatum dico? immo vero quantus exercitus. You must bear with my mistake; bear with it, do I say? I should rather say, you must lend your assistance, ferendus tibi in hoc meus error; ferendus autem? immo vero etiam adjuvandus. After a parenthesis, or in resuming a subject, “I say” is rendered by inquam (after one or more words of a clause): ceterum (at the beginning of a clause; Vid: Liv., 38, 55, 4). As a short parenthesis, “I say,” “said he,” inquam, inquit (not at the beginning of a clause, but always after one or more words, and always before the name of (he speaker): ait: ☞ inquam, inquit, when the words of a speaker are directly quoted; ait, when the sense only is given, or the quotation is indirect: (as Cic. says), (ut ait Cic.). To say to anything (= express the opinion one entertains upon the subject), censere, judicare, etc. You will see what the physcian says to it, videbis, quid medico placeat. What will people say to it? quid homines judicabunt? qui erit rumor populi? (comedy). What do you say to it? quid tibi videtur? quid censes