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dictābŏlārĭum, ii, n. [dicto], i. q. dicterium, a satirical saying, plur., Laber. ap. Fronto de Or. 1.

Dictaeus, a, um, v. Dicte, no. II. A.

dictāmen, inis, n. [dicto], late Lat. for dictum, praescriptum, praeceptum.

dictamnum, or -us, i, v. Dicte, no. II. B.

dictāta, ōrum, n., lessons, exercises, etc., v. dicto fin.

dictātĭo, ōnis, f. [dicto], a dictating, dictation (late Lat.), Dig. 29, 1, 4 al.

* dictātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [dictatio], a short dictation, Hier. adv. Vigil. 3.

dictātor, ōris, m. [dicto, qs. a commander].

  1. I. A dictator, the chief magistrate in several Italian states, elected by the Romans in seasons of emergency for six months, and armed with absolute authority; formerly called Magister populi, and also Praetor Maximus, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9; id. Rep. 1, 40; Liv. 7, 3; Cic. Rep. 2, 32; Liv. 2, 18; Lydus de Magistr. 1, 36-38 et saep.; cf. Mommsen, Hist. Book I. ch. 2; 1, p. 330 N. Y. ed. Anthon’s Smith’s Antiq. p. 360; Kreuz. Excurs. XII. to Cic. Leg. p. 509.
    The chief magistrate of other cities of Italy, Cic. Mil. 10; Liv. 1, 23; Spart. Hadr. 18; Inscr. Orell. 112; 2293; 3786 al.
    1. B. Transf., of Hannibal, as chief of the Carthaginians, Column. Rostr.; cf. Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 7.
  2. II. Qui dictat, one who dictates, Salv. Ep. 9 med.

dictātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [dictator], of or belonging to a dictator; dictatorial: gladius, Cic. Clu. 44, 123: majestas, Liv. 4, 14; 8, 30: fulmen, id. 6, 39: invidia, id. 22, 26; cf. animadversio, Vell. 2, 68 fin.: juvenis, i. e. the son of the dictator, Liv. 7, 4.

* dictātrix, īcis, f. [dictator], a dictatress, comic., Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 18.

dictātūra, ae, f. [dictator].

  1. I. The office of a dictator, dictatorship, Cic. Phil. 1, 1 fin.; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; * Caes. B. C. 3, 2; Liv. 6, 39; 7, 3 fin.; Quint. 3, 8, 53; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Aug. 52 et saep.
  2. * II. The work of dictating to pupils; only in a play upon the double meaning in the sentence: Sullam nescisse litteras, qui dictaturam deposuerit, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 77.

Dictē, ēs, f., Δίκτη,

  1. I. a mountain in the eastern part of Crete (now Sethia), in a cave of which Jupiter, acc. to fable, was concealed from Saturn, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 164.
  2. II. Derivv.,
    1. A. Dictaeus, a, um, adj., Dictaean, among poets for Cretan: arva, Verg. A. 3, 171: saltus, id. ib. 4, 73: rura, Ov. M. 3, 2: greges, id. F. 5, 118: antrum, Verg. G. 4, 152: Nymphae, id. E. 6, 57: rex, i. e. Jupiter, id. G. 2, 536; also, Minos, Ov. M. 8, 43: Telestes, id. 9, 717: Dictaeae astra coronae, i. e. of Ariadne, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 208: arundo, i. e. of the Cretans, who were famous archers, Sil. 13, 184; so, pennae, id. 15, 634.
    2. B. dictamnus, i, f., or dic-tamnum, i, n., the plant dittany, growing in great abundance on Mount Dicte and Mount Ida: Origanum dictamnus, Linn.; Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97; 25, 8, 53, § 93; 26, 14, 87, § 142; Verg. A. 12, 412; Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 126.

dicto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [2. dico], to say often; to pronounce, declare, or assert repeatedly.

  1. I. In gen. (very rare): rogarem te, ut diceres pro me tu idem, qui illis orationem dictavisses, Cic. Fin. 4, 22 fin.: mercemur servum qui dictet nomina, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 50; cf. Gell. 4, 1, 2.
    Far more freq. and class.,
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To dictate to one for writing: quod non modo Tironi dictare, sed ne ipse quidem audere scribere, Cic. Att. 13, 9; 7, 13 b. fin.; 2, 23; Quint. 2, 4, 12; 10, 3, 18; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 49 et saep. So of the dictating of teachers (common for want of books): memini quae mihi parvo Orbilium dictare, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 71; cf. id. Sat. 1, 10, 75.
      1. 2. Transf. As the practice of dictating came, in the course of time, to be very general (v. Gesner upon Quint. 10, 3, 18), dictare, since the Aug. per., acquired the signif. to express in written language, make, compose: elegidia, Pers. 1, 52; so, ducentos versus, Hor. S. 1, 4, 10: carmina (for which, shortly before and after, scribere), id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: codicillos, to draw up, make, Suet. Tib. 22; cf. testamentum, id. Ner. 32; hence also, summas, i. e. to dispose of by will, Dig. 32, 95; and in the pass.: non unus tibi rivalis dictabitur heres, appointed, designated, Juv. 6, 218; so, actionem, to draw up a declaration, Suet. Rhet. 2; and among jurists in gen., to bring an action, go to law, Dig. 15, 1, 50; also, judicium, ib. 9, 4, 22; 49, 9, 3 al.
    2. B. To prescribe, recommend, order, dictate (cf. 2. dico, no. I. B. 10; in this sense the primitive of dictator, although no ante-Aug. examples occur): sportulam, Quint. 11, 3, 131: dictataque jurant Sacramenta deis, Sil. 10, 448.
      1. 2. Transf., of abstract subjects: ita videtur ratio dictare, Quint. 3, 4, 11; cf. Dig. 1, 2, § 11: quibus sordet omne, quod natura dictavit, Quint. 8 prooem. § 26; so with acc., id. 1, 3, 16; 2, 15, 6; Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 20.
        Hence, dictāta, ōrum, n. (acc. to no. II. A.).
    1. A. Things dictated by the master to his scholars, i. e. lessons, exercises, rules, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; id. Fin. 4, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26; id. Tusc. 2, 11, 96; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 55; 1, 18, 13; Pers. 1, 29 al.
      Also, in gen.,
    2. B. Precepts, rules, e. g. for gladiators, Suet. Caes. 26; for mimes, Juv. 5, 122.