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dicerent

dicerent is a Latin form of dico, meaning “say, speak, tell; call”. It is the 3rd person plural imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 218 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.7.3: … eum mittunt nobilissimos civitatis, cuius legationis Nammeius et Verucloetius principem locum obtinebant, qui dicerent sibi esse in animo sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere, propterea quod aliud iter haberent nullum: …

All forms of dico (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.