LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst/second-declension participle

dictus1

dictus (feminine dicta, neuter dictum)
Classical[ˈdɪk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdik.tus]

Meaning

  1. participlesaid, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been said.
  2. participledeclared, stated, having been declared.
  3. participleaffirmed, asserted (positively), having been affirmed.
  4. participletold, having been told.
  5. participlecalled, named, having been called.
  6. participlereferred to, having been referred to.

dictus, a, um, Part., from 2. dico.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*diktós
  3. Proto-Italic*diktos
  4. Latindictus

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

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalandit
  • Occitandich
  • Frenchditfrom Old French dit
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseditofrom Old Galician-Portuguese dito
  • Spanishdichofrom Old Spanish decho
  • Asturiandichu
  • Galicianditofrom Old Galician-Portuguese dito
  • Ladinodichofrom Old Spanish decho
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiandetto
  • Istriotdeîto
  • Siciliandittu
  • Venetandito
  • Venetandit
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliandit
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesedit
noun · masculinefourth declension
dictus2
dictus m (genitive dictūs)
Classical[ˈdɪk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdik.tus]

Meaning

  1. masculinesaying, epithet
  2. masculinespeech

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedictusdictūs
genitivedictūsdictuum
dativedictuīdictibus
accusativedictumdictūs
ablativedictūdictibus
vocativedictusdictūs

dictus, ūs, m. 2. dico,
I. a saying, speech, Aur. Vict. epit. 14.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin dictus From dīcō (“to say”) + -tus (action noun suffix).

Quick answers

What does dictus mean in Latin?
dictus, a verb, means “said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been said.; declared, stated, having been declared.”.
What are the principal parts of dictus?
dictus, dicta, dictum (first/second-declension participle).
How do you pronounce dictus?
In classical Latin, [ˈdɪk.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdik.tus].
Where does dictus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *diktós → Proto-Italic *diktos → Latin dictus.