dicto Copy link Outline I. In gen.II. In partic.A. To dictate to one for writing2. Transf. As the practice of dictating came, in the course of time, to be very generalB. To prescribe, recommend, order, dictate ...2. Transf., of abstract subjectsA. Things dictated by the master to his scholars, i. e. ...B. Precepts, rules, e. g. for gladiators, ... ⓘdictēris | que: pres subj pass 2nd sg • dicto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [2. dico], to say often; to pronounce, declare, or assert repeatedly. I. In gen. (very rare): rogarem te, ut diceres pro me tu idem, qui illis orationem dictavisses, Cic. Fin. 4, 22 fin.: mercemur servum qui dictet nomina, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 50; cf. Gell. 4, 1, 2.—Far more freq. and class., II. In partic. A. To dictate to one for writing: quod non modo Tironi dictare, sed ne ipse quidem audere scribere, Cic. Att. 13, 9; 7, 13 b. fin.; 2, 23; Quint. 2, 4, 12; 10, 3, 18; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 49 et saep. So of the dictating of teachers (common for want of books): memini quae mihi parvo Orbilium dictare, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 71; cf. id. Sat. 1, 10, 75.— 2. Transf. As the practice of dictating came, in the course of time, to be very general (v. Gesner upon Quint. 10, 3, 18), dictare, since the Aug. per., acquired the signif. to express in written language, make, compose: elegidia, Pers. 1, 52; so, ducentos versus, Hor. S. 1, 4, 10: carmina (for which, shortly before and after, scribere), id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: codicillos, to draw up, make, Suet. Tib. 22; cf. testamentum, id. Ner. 32; hence also, summas, i. e. to dispose of by will, Dig. 32, 95; and in the pass.: non unus tibi rivalis dictabitur heres, appointed, designated, Juv. 6, 218; so, actionem, to draw up a declaration, Suet. Rhet. 2; and among jurists in gen., to bring an action, go to law, Dig. 15, 1, 50; also, judicium, ib. 9, 4, 22; 49, 9, 3 al.— B. To prescribe, recommend, order, dictate (cf. 2. dico, no. I. B. 10; in this sense the primitive of dictator, although no ante-Aug. examples occur): sportulam, Quint. 11, 3, 131: dictataque jurant Sacramenta deis, Sil. 10, 448.— 2. Transf., of abstract subjects: ita videtur ratio dictare, Quint. 3, 4, 11; cf. Dig. 1, 2, § 11: quibus sordet omne, quod natura dictavit, Quint. 8 prooem. § 8; so with acc., id. 1, 3, 16; 2, 15, 6; Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 20.—Hence, dictāta, ōrum, n. (acc. to no. II. A.). A. Things dictated by the master to his scholars, i. e. lessons, exercises, rules, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; id. Fin. 4, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26; id. Tusc. 2, 11, 96; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 55; 1, 18, 13; Pers. 1, 29 al.—Also, in gen., B. Precepts, rules, e. g. for gladiators, Suet. Caes. 26; for mimes, Juv. 5, 122.
dictō Copy link Outline 1 dire en répétant, dicter : dicter qqch. à qqn ; tout cela ...2 dicter, prescrire, ordonner, recommander, conseiller : plus d'un de tes rivaux te ...3 dire souvent, couramment : les anciens eurent l'habitude de dire penus au ... ⓘdictēris | que: pres subj pass 2nd sg • dictō, āvī, ātum, āre, fréq. de dico, tr., 1. dire en répétant, dicter : aliquid alicui Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1, dicter qqch. à qqn ; ista a vobis quasi dictata redduntur Cic. Nat. 1, 72, tout cela vous le répétez comme après la dictée du maître, comme une leçon, cf. Tusc. 2, 26 ; Fin. 4, 10 || [fig.] rogarem te, ut diceres pro me tu idem, qui illis orationem dictavisses Cic. Fin. 4, 62, je te demanderais de faire toi-même ma réponse, comme tu leur aurais dicté leur discours || dicter à un secrétaire ce qu'on compose, [d'où] composer : versus, carmina Hor. S. 1, 4, 10 ; Ep. 2, 1, 110, faire des vers 2. dicter, prescrire, ordonner, recommander, conseiller : non unus tibi rivalis dictabitur heres Juv. 6, 218, plus d'un de tes rivaux te sera imposé comme héritier ; ita videtur ratio dictare Quint. 3, 4, 11, la raison semble le vouloir ainsi 3. dire souvent, couramment : hoc penus et hæc penus veteres dictaverunt Gell. 4, 1, 2, les anciens eurent l'habitude de dire penus au neutre et penus au féminin.