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dici

dici is a Latin form of dico, meaning “say, speak, tell; call”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 822 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.46.3: Nam etsi sine ullo periculo legionis delectae cum equitatu proelium fore videbat, tamen committendum non putabat ut, pulsis hostibus, dici posset eos ab se per fidem in conloquio circumventos.

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.10: Dici non potest, quam sim hesterna disputatione tua delectatus vel potius adiutus. etsi enim mihi sum conscius num …

Plautus, Curculio 1.2.124b: Tace. Nólo huic male dicí.

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.