DICIMUS, dicimus
Sounds Like: DIH-kee-moos
Translations: we say, we speak, we tell, we call
From the root: DICO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the first person plural present active indicative form of the Latin verb 'dico'. It means 'we say' or 'we speak'. It is used when a group of people (the speaker included) are performing the action of speaking or saying something. For example, 'Dicimus veritatem' would mean 'We speak the truth'.
Inflection: First Person, Plural, Present, Active, Indicative
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
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
- DICENS — saying, speaking, telling
- 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
- 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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