dico: all forms
dico means “say, speak, tell; call”. Below is its full conjugation in Latin.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | dico | dicam | |
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| 2nd singular | dicis | dicas | dic · dice |
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| 3rd singular | dicit | dicat | |
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| 1st plural | dicimus | dicamus | |
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| 2nd plural | dicitis | dicatis | dicite |
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| 3rd plural | dicunt | dicant | |
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Present passive
Present passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | dicor | dicar | |
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| 2nd singular | diceris | dicare · dicaris | dicere |
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| 3rd singular | dicitur | dicatur | |
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| 1st plural | dicimur | dicamur | |
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| 2nd plural | dicimini | dicamini | dicimini |
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| 3rd plural | dicuntur | dicantur | |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | dicebam | dicerem |
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| 2nd singular | dicebas | diceres |
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| 3rd singular | dicebat | diceret |
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| 1st plural | dicebamus | diceremus |
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| 2nd plural | dicebatis | diceretis |
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| 3rd plural | dicebant | dicerent |
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Imperfect passive
Imperfect passive | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | dicebar | dicerer |
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| 2nd singular | dicebare · dicebaris | dicereris · dicerere |
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| 3rd singular | dicebatur | diceretur |
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| 1st plural | dicebamur | diceremur |
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| 2nd plural | dicebamini | diceremini |
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| 3rd plural | dicebantur | dicerentur |
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Future active
Future active | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | dicam | |
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| 2nd singular | dices | dicito |
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| 3rd singular | dicet | dicito |
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| 1st plural | dicemus | |
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| 2nd plural | dicetis | dicitote |
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| 3rd plural | dicent | dicunto |
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Future passive
Future passive | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | dicar | |
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| 2nd singular | diceris · dicere | dicitor |
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| 3rd singular | dicetur | dicitor |
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| 1st plural | dicemur | |
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| 2nd plural | dicemini | |
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| 3rd plural | dicentur | dicuntor |
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Perfect active
Perfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | dixi | dixerim |
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| 2nd singular | dixisti | dixeris |
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| 3rd singular | dixit | dixerit |
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| 1st plural | diximus | dixerimus |
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| 2nd plural | dixistis | dixeritis |
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| 3rd plural | dixerunt · dixere | dixerint |
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Pluperfect active
Pluperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | dixeram | dixissem |
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| 2nd singular | dixeras | dixisses |
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| 3rd singular | dixerat | dixisset |
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| 1st plural | dixeramus | dixissemus |
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| 2nd plural | dixeratis | dixissetis |
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| 3rd plural | dixerant | dixissent |
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Future perfect active
Future perfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | dixero |
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| 2nd singular | dixeris |
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| 3rd singular | dixerit |
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| 1st plural | dixerimus |
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| 2nd plural | dixeritis |
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| 3rd plural | dixerint |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Passive |
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| Present | dicere | dici |
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| Perfect | dixisse | |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | | dicens |
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| Genitive | | dicentis |
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| Dative | | dicenti |
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| Accusative | dicens | dicentem |
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| Ablative | | dicente · dicenti |
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| Vocative | | dicens |
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Present active participle, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dicentia | dicentes |
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| Genitive | | dicentium |
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| Dative | | dicentibus |
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| Accusative | dicentia | dicentes |
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| Ablative | | dicentibus |
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| Vocative | dicentia | dicentes |
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Future active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dicturus | dictura | dicturum | |
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| Genitive | dicturi | dicturae | dicturi | |
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| Dative | dicturo | dicturae | dicturo | |
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| Accusative | dicturum | dicturam | dicturum | |
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| Ablative | dicturo | dictura | dicturo | |
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| Vocative | dicture | dictura | dicturum | |
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Future active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dicturi | dicturae | dictura | |
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| Genitive | dicturorum | dicturarum | dicturorum | |
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| Dative | | | | dicturis |
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| Accusative | dicturos | dicturas | dictura | |
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| Ablative | | | | dicturis |
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| Vocative | dicturi | dicturae | dictura | |
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Perfect passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dictus | dicta | dictum | |
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| Genitive | dicti | dictae | dicti | |
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| Dative | dicto | dictae | dicto | |
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| Accusative | dictum | dictam | dictum | |
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| Ablative | dicto | dicta | dicto | |
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| Vocative | dicte | dicta | dictum | |
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Perfect passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dicti | dictae | dicta | |
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| Genitive | dictorum | dictarum | dictorum | |
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| Dative | | | | dictis |
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| Accusative | dictos | dictas | dicta | |
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| Ablative | | | | dictis |
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| Vocative | dicti | dictae | dicta | |
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Gerund, gerundive and supine
Gerundive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dicendus | dicenda | dicendum | |
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| Genitive | dicendi | dicendae | dicendi | |
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| Dative | dicendo | dicendae | dicendo | |
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| Accusative | dicendum | dicendam | dicendum | |
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| Ablative | dicendo | dicenda | dicendo | |
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| Vocative | dicende | dicenda | dicendum | |
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Gerundive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | dicendi | dicendae | dicenda | |
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| Genitive | dicendorum | dicendarum | dicendorum | |
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| Dative | | | | dicendis |
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| Accusative | dicendos | dicendas | dicenda | |
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| Ablative | | | | dicendis |
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| Vocative | dicendi | dicendae | dicenda | |
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Supine | Forms |
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| Accusative | dictum |
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| Ablative | dictu |
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Meaning and examples of dico
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.