LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dictiō

dictiō f (genitive dictiōnis)
Classical[ˈdɪk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdik.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedictiōdictiōnēs
genitivedictiōnisdictiōnum
dativedictiōnīdictiōnibus
accusativedictiōnemdictiōnēs
ablativedictiōnedictiōnibus
vocativedictiōdictiōnēs

dictĭo, ōnis, f. 2. dico,
I. a saying, speaking, uttering, delivery.
I. In gen.
A. (Good prose, for the most part only in jurid. and rhetor. lang.) Sententiae, Cic. Inv. 2, 4: testimonii, i. e. the right of giving testimony, *Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 63: causae, a defending, pleading, Cic. Quint. 10, 35; id. Sest. 17 fin.; * Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2; Liv. 7, 5 al.: multae ovium et boum, Cic. Rep. 2, 9 fin.—
B. Kinds of delivery, style, diction: seposuisse a ceteris dictionibus eam partem dicendi, quae, etc., id. de Or. 1, 6, 22; so, oratoriae, id. ib. 2, 67, 270: subitae, id. ib. 1, 33, 152: et vero fuit in hoc (Crasso) popularis dictio excellens; Antonii genus dicendi multo aptius, etc., id. Brut. 44, 165: extemporales, Quint. 2, 4, 27: discipulorum, declamation, id. 2, 2, 6 al.: saeptuosa dictione, opp. aperte dicere, Pac. Com. Frag. v. 5 Rib.— Hence,
C. The use of a word or phrase, a mode of expression, Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 1, 4; Gell. 7, 9, 13; 11, 3, 5.—
D. A word, = verbum, vocabulum (late Lat.), Prisc. II. p. 51, 10 al.—
II. Esp.
A. (Cf. dictum, B. 4.) An oracular response, prediction (rare; not in Cic.): flexa, non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. 237, 4 (Rib. Trag. v. 308); Att. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42; Liv. 8, 24, 2.—
B. The art of speaking, oratory: dictioni operam dare, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
  3. Proto-Italic*deikō
  4. Latindictiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dictiō From dīcō (“to say”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandicció
  • Englishdiction
  • Frenchdiction
  • Italiandizione
  • Occitandiccion
  • Portuguesedicção
  • Romaniandicție
  • Spanishdicción
  • Galiciandicción
  • Siciliandizziuni

Quick answers

What does dictiō mean in Latin?
dictiō, a noun, means “a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory”.
What is the genitive of dictiō?
The genitive singular is dictiōnis. dictiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dictiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈdɪk.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdik.t͡si.o].
Where does dictiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti → Proto-Italic *deikō → Latin dictiō.