dictus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dīcō (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.tus/, [ˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.tus/, [ˈd̪ikt̪us]

Participle

dictus (feminine dicta, neuter dictum); first/second-declension participle

1. said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been said.
2. declared, stated, having been declared.
   1. affirmed, asserted (positively), having been affirmed.
3. told, having been told.
4. called, named, having been called.
5. referred to, having been referred to.

Noun

dictus m (genitive dictūs); fourth declension

1. saying, epithet
2. speech

References

• “dictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dictus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • it sounds incredible: incredibile dictu est
    
  • (ambiguous) a short, pointed witticism: breviter et commode dictum
    
  • (ambiguous) a witticism, bon mot: facete dictum
    
  • (ambiguous) a far-fetched joke: arcessitum dictum (De Or. 2. 63. 256)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make jokes on a person: dicta dicere in aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to obey a person's orders: dicto audientem esse alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) as I said above: ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum est
    
  • (ambiguous) so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est