dictamen

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin dictāmen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dictamen (plural dictamina or dictamens)

  1. (rare) A dictation or dictate.
    • 1871, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, translated by R. S. and S. J., Of Adoration in Spirit and Truth:
      The spirit is not bound to follow the laws and dictamens of the flesh

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dictō (I dictate) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

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Noun

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dictāmen n (genitive dictāminis); third declension

  1. dictation
  2. a dictate

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dictāmen dictāmina
Genitive dictāminis dictāminum
Dative dictāminī dictāminibus
Accusative dictāmen dictāmina
Ablative dictāmine dictāminibus
Vocative dictāmen dictāmina

Descendants

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  • English: dictamen
  • French: dictamen
  • Spanish: dictamen
  • Portuguese: ditame (semi-learned)

References

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  • dictamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dictamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dictāmen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diɡˈtamen/ [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪a.mẽn]
  • Rhymes: -amen
  • Syllabification: dic‧ta‧men

Noun

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dictamen m (plural dictámenes)

  1. (law) ruling, verdict, sentence
  2. report

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