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dixisses

dixisses is a Latin form of dico, meaning “say, speak, tell; call”. It is the 2nd person singular pluperfect active subjunctive.

Found 28 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.133: … set, tu umquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses nisi hoc ita statuisses, in re tam manifesta quicquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?

Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae 7.1·2: … e dimiserit sic dimissus. “Nocens est iste;” sed mihi frater est. Naturae iura sacra sunt etiam aput piratas. Dixisses, inquit, te non posse. ita tu nesciebas ? Non licuit, non debui, non potui. Pars altera. Nega nunc parricidam …

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.