It's the singular imperative of "dico": "Speak!" or "Talk!" (to one person).
Four verbs have irregular singular imperatives:
dico, dicere dixi, dictum : dic
fero, ferre, tuli, latum : fer ("Bring!")
facio, facere, feci, factum : fac ("Do!" or "Make!")
duco, ducere, duxi, ductum : duc (Lead!")
Yes, the Latin word "dic" does mean "to speak." It is the root of words like "dictate" and "dictionary."
To say, to speak is the English equivalent of the root syllable 'dic-'. So the Latin derivative verb 'dicere' means 'to say'. The Latin derivative noun 'dictio' means 'an act of speaking'.
The root "dict" or "dic" means to say or speak. It is derived from Latin and is often seen in words related to speaking, such as dictionary (collection of words) or dictate (to command).
"Dic" comes from the word dico, meaning "I speak." Words like dictionary, dictation and edict have "dic" in them.
Dicere is the Latin root word that means 'to speak'. The word in Latin is an infinitive. The first person singular form in the present indicative is 'dico', which means '[I] am speaking, do speak, speak'. That form finds an older version in 'deico', which is related to the Greek 'deiknymi'.
Yes, the Latin word "dic" does mean "to speak." It is the root of words like "dictate" and "dictionary."
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There are two Latin stems within the English language word 'jurisdiction'. One is the stem jur-, for 'law'. The other is the stem dic-, for 'saying'.
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The root word 'dic' means 'speak' or 'say'.
To say is the English equivalent of the Latin root syllable 'dic-'. That syllable is the source for the Latin infinitive 'dicere', which means 'to say'. Both the Latin root and the Latin infinitive, by way of its older first person present indicative form 'deico', are related to the original Greek 'deiknymi'.
Dictere is a variant of Dicere which is the infinitive "to say." Dictere can mean said as in well said. In Latin it is more common to use the Dicere infinitve rather than Dictere.
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To say, to speak is the English equivalent of the root syllable 'dic-'. So the Latin derivative verb 'dicere' means 'to say'. The Latin derivative noun 'dictio' means 'an act of speaking'.
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The root "dict" or "dic" means to say or speak. It is derived from Latin and is often seen in words related to speaking, such as dictionary (collection of words) or dictate (to command).