(v. a.P. a.) : dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 (dixe for dixisse, Val. Ant. ap. Arn. 5, 1; DICASSIT dixerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 15; rather = dicaverit), v. a. orig. the same word with 2. dīco; cf. the meaning of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380.
* To proclaim, make known. So perh. only in the foll. passage: pugnam, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 30.—Far more freq.
* Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity or to a deified person (for syn. cf.: dedico, consecro, inauguro).
* Prop.: et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 12: donum tibi (sc. Jovi) dicatum atque promissum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72; cf.: ara condita atque dicata,Liv. 1, 7 (for which aram condidit dedicavitque, id. 28, 46 fin.); so, aram,id. 1, 7; 1, 20: capitolium, templum Jovis O. M.,id. 22, 38 fin.: templa,Ov. F. 1, 610: delubrum ex manubiis,Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97: lychnuchum Apollini,id. 34, 3, 8, § 14: statuas Olympiae,id. 34, 4, 9, § 16: vehiculum,Tac. G. 40: carmen Veneri,Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178; cf. Suet. Ner. 10 fin. et saep.: cygni Apollini dicati,Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.
* With a personal object, to consecrate, to deify (cf. dedico, no. II. A. b.): Janus geminus a Numa dicatus,Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34: inter numina dicatus Augustus,Tac. A. 1, 59.
* Transf., beyond the relig. sphere.
* To give up, set apart, appropriate a thing to any one: recita; aurium operam tibi dico,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 72; so, operam,id. Ps. 1, 5, 147; Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12: hunc totum diem tibi,Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7: tuum studium meae laudi,id. Fam. 2, 6, 4: genus (orationis) epidicticum gymnasiis et palaestrae,id. Or. 13, 42: librum Maecenati,Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177; cf.: librum laudibus ptisanae,id. 18, 7, 15, § 75 al.: (Deïopeam) conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo,Verg. A. 1, 73; cf. the same verse, ib. 4, 126: se Crasso,Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 11; cf.: se Remis in clientelam, * Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 7: se alii civitati,to become a free denizen of it,Cic. Balb. 11, 28; for which: se in aliam civitatem,id. ib. 12 fin.—*
* (I. q. dedico, no. II. A.) To consecrate a thing by using it for the first time: nova signa novamque aquilam,Tac. H. 5, 16.— Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), devoted, consecrated, dedicated: loca Christo dedicatissima, August. Civ. Dei, 3, 31: CONSTANTINO AETERNO AVGVSTO ARRIVS DIOTIMVS ... N. M. Q. (i. e. numini majestatique) EIVS DICATISSIMVS,Inscr. Orell. 1083.

(verb) : dīco, xi, ctum, 3 (
* Praes. DEICO, Inscr. Orell. 4848; imp. usu. dic; cf. duc, fac, fer, from duco, etc., DEICVNTO, and perf. DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm. ib. 3673; imp. dice, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 298, 29 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 109; id. Bac. 4, 4, 65; id. Merc. 1, 2, 47 al.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 21; fut. dicem = dicam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 6 Müll.—Another form of the future is dicebo, Novius ap. Non. 507 (Com. v. 8 Rib.). —Perf. sync.: dixti,Plaut. As. 4, 2, 14; id. Trin. 2, 4, 155; id. Mil. 2, 4, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 100 et saep.; Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Caecin. 29, 82; acc. to Quint. 9, 3, 22.— Perf. subj.: dixis,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.: dixem = dixissem,Plaut. Pseud. 1, 5, 84; inf. dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 23; Varr. ib. 451, 16; Arn. init.; Aus. Sept. Sap. de Cleob. 8; inf. praes. pass. dicier, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 32; Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9 al.), root DIC = ΔΕΙΚ in δείκνυμι; lit., to show; cf. δίκη, and Lat. dicis, ju-dex, dicio, to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for syn. cf.: for, loquor, verba facio, dicto, dictito, oro, inquam, aio, fabulor, concionor, pronuntio, praedico, recito, declamo, affirmo, assevero, contendo; also, nomino, voco, alloquor, designo, nuncupo; also, decerno, jubeo, statuo, etc.; cf. also, nego.—The person addressed is usually put in dat., v.the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in eccl. Lat., stands for the Gr. εἰπεῖν πρός τινα, Vulg. Luc. 2, 34 al.; cf. infra I. B. 2. γ).
* Lit.
* In gen.: Amphitruonis socium nae me esse volui dicere,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 228: advenisse familiarem dicito,id. ib. 1, 1, 197: haec uti sunt facta ero dicam,id. ib. 1, 1, 304; cf. ib. 2, 1, 23: signi dic quid est?id. ib. 1, 1, 265: si dixero mendacium,id. ib. 1, 1, 43; cf. opp. vera dico,id. ib. 1, 1, 238 al.: quo facto aut dicto adest opus,id. ib. 1, 1, 15; cf.: dictu opus est,Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68: nihil est dictu facilius,id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70: turpe dictu,id. Ad. 2, 4, 11: indignis si male dicitur, bene dictum id esse dico,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27: ille, quem dixi,whom I have mentioned, named,Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45 et saep.: vel dicam = vel potius, or rather: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite,Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.: mihi placebat Pomponius maxime vel dicam minime displicebat,id. Brut. 57, 207; so id. ib. 70, 246; id. Fam. 4, 7, 3 al.
* Transf., i. q. intellego, Gr. φημί, to mean so and so; it may sometimes be rendered in English by namely, to wit: nec quemquam vidi, qui magis ea, quae timenda esse negaret, timeret, mortem dico et deos,Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86; id. de Or. 3, 44, 174: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius fortasse laudo quam necesse est. At. Platonem videlicet dicis, id. Leg. 3, 1: uxoris dico, non tuam,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 30 et saep.—Hence, dictum, i, n., something said, i. e. a saying, a word.
* In partic.
* Dictum ac factum or dictum factum (Gr. ἅμα ἔπος ἅμα ἔργον), in colloq. lang., no sooner said than done, without delay, Ter. And. 2, 3, 7: dictum ac factum reddidi,it was 'said and done' with me,id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12; 5, 1, 31; cf.: dicto citius,Verg. A. 1, 142; Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; and: dicto prope citius,Liv. 23, 47, 6.
* Pregn.
* To assert, affirm a thing as certain (opp. nego): quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis,Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.: dicebant, ego negabam,id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; and: quibus creditum non sit negantibus, iisdem credatur dicentibus?id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.
* Dico is often inserted parenthetically, to give emphasis to an apposition: utinam C. Caesari, patri, dico adulescenti contigisset, etc.,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; id. Planc. 12, 30; Quint. 9, 2, 83; cf. Cic. Or. 58, 197; id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 24: ille mihi praesidium dederat, cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque Romano,Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 20; Sen. Ep. 83, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 2; 3, 2, 2.
* In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.
* With acc.: oratio dicta de scripto,Cic. Planc. 30 fin.; cf.: sententiam de scripto,id. Att. 4, 3, 3: controversias,Quint. 3, 8, 51; 9, 2, 77: prooemium ac narrationem et argumenta,id. 2, 20, 10: exordia,id. 11, 3, 161: theses et communes locos,id. 2, 1, 9: materias,id. 2, 4, 41: versus,Cic. Or. 56, 189; Quint. 6, 3, 86: causam, of the defendant or his attorney,to make a defensive speech, to plead in defence,Cic. Rosc. Am. 5; id. Quint. 8; id. Sest. 8; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 7, 4, 3; 8, 2, 24 al.; cf. causas (said of the attorney),Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5; 2, 8, 32 al.: jus,to pronounce judgment,id. Fl. 3; id. Fam. 13, 14; hence the praetor's formula: DO, DICO, ADDICO; v. do, etc.
* To describe, relate, sing, celebrate in writing (mostly poet.): tibi dicere laudes,Tib. 1, 3, 31; so, laudes Phoebi et Dianae,Hor. C. S. 76: Dianam, Cynthium, Latonam,id. C. 1, 21, 1: Alciden puerosque Ledae,id. ib. 1, 12, 25: caelestes, pugilemve equumve,id. ib. 4, 2, 19: Pelidae stomachum,id. ib. 1, 6, 5: bella,id. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Liv. 7, 29: carmen,Hor. C. 1, 32, 3; id. C. S. 8; Tib. 2, 1, 54: modos,Hor. C. 3, 11, 7: silvestrium naturas,Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138 et saep.: temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,Tac. A. 1, 1; id. H. 1, 1: vir neque silendus neque dicendus sine cura,Vell. 2, 13.
* With ad and acc. of thing, to speak in reference to, in reply to: non audeo ad ista dicere,Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30.
* To pronounce, articulate a letter, syllable, word: Demosthenem scribit Phalereus, cum Rho dicere nequiret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; Quint. 1, 4, 8; 1, 7, 21 al.
* To call, to name: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam Graii quam dicunt, Lucr. 3, 106; cf.: Latine dicimus elocutionem, quam Graeci φράσιν vocant, Quint. 8, 1, 1: Chaoniamque omnem Trojano a Chaone dixit,Verg. A. 3, 335: hic ames dici pater atque princeps,Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50: uxor quondam tua dicta,Verg. A. 2, 678 et saep. —Prov.: dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet,Ov. M. 3, 135.
* To name, appoint one to an office: ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat,Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2: so, dictatorem,Liv. 5, 9; 7, 26; 8, 29: consulem,id. 10, 15; 24, 9; 26, 22 (thrice): magistrum equitum,id. 6, 39: aedilem,id. 9, 46: arbitrum bibendi,Hor. Od. 2, 7, 26 et saep.
* To appoint, set apart. fix upon, settle: nam mea bona meis cognatis dicam, inter eos partiam,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113; cf. Pompon. ap. Non. 280, 19: dotis paululum vicino suo,Afran. ib. 26: pecuniam omnem suam doti,Cic. Fl. 35: quoniam inter nos nuptiae sunt dictae, Afran. ap. Non. 280, 24; cf.: diem nuptiis,Ter. And. 1, 1, 75: diem operi,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57: diem juris,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 16: diem exercitui ad conveniendum Pharas,Liv. 36, 8; cf. id. 42, 28, and v. dies: locum consiliis,id. 25, 16: leges pacis,id. 33, 12; cf.: leges victis,id. 34, 57: legem tibi,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18; Ov. M. 6, 137; cf.: legem sibi,to give sentence upon one's self,id. ib. 13, 72: pretium muneri,Hor. C. 4, 8, 12 et saep.—With inf.: prius data est, quam tibi dari dicta, Pac. ap. Non. 280, 28. —Pass. impers.: eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit,Sall. J. 113, 6.
* To utter, express, esp. in phrases: non dici potest, dici vix potest, etc.: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis,Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 17, 5: dici vix potest quanta sit vis, etc.,id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; id. Or. 17, 55; id. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 8; 11, 3, 85.
* (Mostly in colloq. lang.) Alicui, like our vulg. to tell one so and so, for to admonish, warn, threaten him: dicebam, pater, tibi, ne matri consuleres male,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 88; cf. Nep. Datam. 5; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1.—Esp. freq.: tibi (ego) dico,I tell you,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 76; id. Men. 2, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 62 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 2, 33 Ruhnk.; id. ib. 4, 4, 23; id. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 87; Phaedr. 4, 19, 18; cf.: tibi dicimus,Ov. H. 20, 153; id. M. 9, 122; so, dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, it shall be done, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 90; 92.
* Dicere sacramentum or sacramento, to take an oath, to swear; v. sacramentum.
* In gen.: haut doctis dictis certantes sed male dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.; acc. to Hertz.: nec maledictis); so, istaec dicta dicere,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 40: docta,id. ib. 2, 2, 99; id. Men. 2, 1, 24; Lucr. 5, 113; cf. condocta,Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 3: meum,id. As. 2, 4, 1: ridiculum,id. Capt. 3, 1, 22: minimum,Cic. Fam. 1, 9: ferocibus dictis rem nobilitare,Liv. 23, 47, 4 al.: ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,Lucr. 5, 1224; cf. facete,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73; id. Poen. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104 al.: lepide,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 103: absurde,id. Capt. 1, 1, 3: vere,Nep. Alc. 8, 4: ambigue,Hor. A. P. 449 et saep.—Pleon.: feci ego istaec dicta quae vos dicitis (sc. me fecisse),Plaut. Casin. 5, 4, 17.
* In partic.
* A saying, maxim, proverb: aurea dicta,Lucr. 3, 12; cf. veridica,id. 6, 24: Catonis est dictum. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Cic. Fl. 29 fin. Hence, the title of a work by Caesar: Dicta collectanea (his Ἀποφθέγματα, mentioned in Cic. Fam. 9, 16), Suet. Caes. 56.—Esp. freq.
* For facete dictum, a witty saying, bon-mot, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54 fin. (cf. Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1 fin.); Cic. Phil. 2, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 2; 16; 36; Liv. 7, 33, 3; Hor. A. P. 273 et saep.; cf. also, dicterium.
* Poetry, verse (abstr. and concr.): dicti studiosus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 18, 71: rerum naturam expandere dictis,Lucr. 1, 126; 5, 56: Ennius hirsuta cingat sua dicta corona,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.
* A prediction, prophecy, Lucr. 1, 103; Verg. A. 2, 115; Val. Fl. 2, 326 al.; cf. dictio.
* An order, command: dicto paruit consul,Liv. 9, 41; cf. Verg. A. 3, 189; Ov. M. 8, 815: haec dicta dedit,Liv. 3, 61; cf. id. 7, 33; 8, 34; 22, 25 al.: dicto audientem esse and dicto audire alicui, v. audio.
* A promise, assurance: illi dixerant sese dedituros ... Cares, tamen, non dicto capti, etc.,Nep. Milt. 2, 5; Fur. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 34.

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