dictio

Latin

Etymology

From dīcō (say) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.ti.oː/, [ˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.t͡si.o/, [ˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

dictiō f (genitive dictiōnis); third declension

1. a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dictiō	dictiōnēs
Genitive	dictiōnis	dictiōnum
Dative	dictiōnī	dictiōnibus
Accusative	dictiōnem	dictiōnēs
Ablative	dictiōne	dictiōnibus
Vocative	dictiō	dictiōnēs

Derived terms

• dictiōnārium

Descendants

• Catalan: dicció
• English: diction
• French: diction
• Italian: dizione

• Portuguese: dicção
• Romanian: dicție
• Spanish: dicción

References

• “dictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dictio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.