dicterium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεικτήριον (deiktḗrion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /diːkˈteː.ri.um/, [d̪iːkˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]

Noun

dīctērium n (genitive dīctēriī or dīctērī); second declension

  1. bon mot, witticism

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīctērium dīctēria
Genitive dīctēriī
dīctērī1		 dīctēriōrum
Dative dīctēriō dīctēriīs
Accusative dīctērium dīctēria
Ablative dīctēriō dīctēriīs
Vocative dīctērium dīctēria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Spanish: dicterio

References
  • “dicterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dicterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • dicterium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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