DICENS, dicens
Sounds Like: DIH-kens
Translations: saying, speaking, telling
From the root: DICO
Part of Speech: Verb, Adjective
Explanation: DICENS is the present active participle of the Latin verb DICO, meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'. It describes an action happening at the same time as the main verb. It can function as an adjective, modifying a noun, or as a verbal element, indicating someone who is in the act of saying something. For example, 'vir dicens' would mean 'the man saying'.
Inflection: Present Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Singular, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, DICO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- DIC — say!, speak!, tell!
- DICENDA — things to be said, matters to be spoken, things that must be said, things to be told
- DICERET — he might say, he would say, he was saying, he should say, he used to say
- DICES — you will say, you will speak, you will tell
- DICI — to be said, to be spoken, to be called
- DICIMUS — we say, we speak, we tell, we call
- DICIT — he says, she says, it says, he speaks, she speaks, it speaks, he tells, she tells, it tells
- DICO — say, speak, tell, declare, state, call, name
- DICTA — words, sayings, things said, spoken things, a word, a saying
- DICUNT — they say, they speak, they tell
- DIK — I say, I speak, I tell, I declare, I name, I call
- DIKAS — you may say, you might say, you would say, you could say, you should say
- DIXI — I said, I have said, I spoke, I have spoken
- DIXISSE — to have said, to have spoken, to have told
- DIXIT — he said, she said, it said, he has said, she has said, it has said
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