I tel you and doe you wel vnderstand, that he, &c. Proscribere & edicere diem. Cic. To set vp and proclaime or publish the day. Comitia edicere ad Calendas Februarias. Cic. To publish or proclaime the election to be, &c. Concilium edicere. Gel. To command a counsaile to bee assembled. Iustitium edicere. Cic. To publish or make knowne that a vacation shal be. Legem edicere. Cic. Edicere Senatum. Suet. To ordaine a Senate to bee holden. Edixit socijs conuentum Tarraconem. Liu. He ordeined that his fellowes should assemble at Tarracon. Edicere diem ad conueniendum in Herruriã Li. To publishe or proclaime a day to assemble. Edicere militibus prædam. Liu. To proclaime that the soldiers shall haue the spoile. Edicere, pro prædicere, & præmonere. Cic. Est tibi edicendum quæ sis obseruaturus, &c. Cic. You must aduertise or tel before hande. Edici, Passiuum. Cic. Iustitium edici, dicit placere. Edictus. Particip. Proclaimed: denounced. vt. Edicto mercatu vÊ dere. Plin. To sel in open sale proclaimed by the trumpet.

To rehearse to one what he shall write: to speake. Grauiter ornatéque dictare. Cic. Dictare actionem, iurisconsultis dicitur, quod Terentio Dicam impingere vel dicere. Budæus, Vide DICA. Fugam lucis, & rædium pudor dictat. Quint. Dictare alicui orationem. Cic. To make one a bill or note of that he shall pronounce: to drawe out in writing what he shal say. Iudicium dictare. Paul. To bring processe againste. Rationem. Plautus. Vt, rationem te dictare intelligo. As I perceine that you do account or reckon. Sententiam dictare. Quin. Testamentum alicui. Plin. iun. To appoint or tell one howe he shall make his will. Vota dictar sacerdos. Val. Flac. Dicitur etiam, Ratio dictat. Reason so biddeth, or coÛselleth. Plin. Adijciemúsque quas ratio dictauerit. Ratio ita videtur dictare. Quint.

A word: a saying: a prouerbe. Absona dicta fortunis. Hor. Wordes not sitte for ones estate. Dictum anceps. Bud. A doubtfull worde or saying. Blanda & benedica. Plaut. Faire and flattering wordes. Dicta bona, pro Salsis. Cicer. Pleasant and pretie sentences. Docta. Plaut. Faire wordes and promises. Facunda. Ouid. Horrisona. Claud. Irrita dicta factáque. Catul. Dicta meliora. Plaut. Mulsa, Vide MVLSVM. Procacia. Claud. Ridiculum dictum. Quintil, A merrie saying to make men laugh: a iest. Terriloqua dicta. Lucr. Tumida. Val. Flac. Veridica. Lucr. Vernile dictum. Tacit. Vide VERNA. Tristia dicta abolere. Sil. Conuitia addere obscœnis dictis. Ouid. Addere altera verba dictis. Ouid. To say or speak more ouer. Dictis affatur amorem. Virg. Aliquem aggredi dictis. Virg. To enter talke with: to begin to speake to. Animum arrigere dictis. Virg. Audiens dicto. Quint. Obedient. Dictis auertere curas. Virg. To comforte with wordes. Castigare aliquem dictis, Virg. Vide CASTIGO. Circunuestire dictis, Vide CIRCVNVESTIO. Cohærent dicta inter se, Vide COHAEREO. Componere dicta cum factis, Vide COMPONO. Consequi omnia dictis. Ouid. To comprehend and vtter all things in wordes. Fidem dictis contradere. Lucr. Per auras deferre dicta. Virg. Curas demere dictis. Virgil. Aurea dicta depasci. Lucr. To gather here and there goodlie words. Detrahere fidem dictis. Quint. To discredite. Dicta dicere, Vide DICO. Dicta demittere in aures. Virg. Dicta dedit. Virg. He saide or spoke. Talia dicta dabat. Virg. Da lepôtem dictis. Lucr. To adde pleasantnesse. Docere dictis. Lucr. Eliminare foras dicta. Horat. To vtter abroade thinges spoken in secreat. Eludenda aduersariorum dicta. Quin. Expedire dictis. Virg. Fictis dat cultum & pondera dictis. Val. Fla. He doth garnish and giue weight vnto. Figere dicta animis. Vir. To fasten words in remembrance. Haurire dicta auribus. Ouid. To heare: to hearken. Dicta iocosa iactare in aduersarios. Liu. To iest or scoffe at. Dictis amaris aliquem incendere. Ouid. To stirre vp with sharpe wordes. Ingerere dicta in aliquem. Plaut. Vide INGERO. Ingerere dicta in dolium pertusum. Vide INGERO. Lædere aliquem vel tenui dicto. Claud. Migrant dicta, Vide MIGRO. Miscere fortia placidis dictis. Ouid. Moueri dictis. Quint. Dictis mœrentia pectora mulcet. Virg. Mutare dicta. Plaut. Memori pectore dicta notare. Ouid. To keepe wordes in memorie. Notari dicto. Quint. Nuntiare alicui non bona dicta. Catul. Dicto obediens. Plaut. That obeyeth. Dictis onerare aliquem. Plaut. To raile spitefully at one. Perlustrare dicta. Stat. Dictis bonis petere. Plaut. To desire with faire words. Sententia piætentanda dictis ambiguis. Ouid. Reddere dicta. Ouid. To aunsweare. Refellere. Virg. Mutua dicta referre. Ouid. To aunswere. Regere dictis animos. Virg. Tristia dicta reportat. Virg. Reprobare vltima dicta. Ouid. Repugnare dictis alicuius. Ouid. Resoluere dicta. Qui. To dissolue things spoken against vs. Facta arguebantur, dicta erant impunè. Tac. Actes were reprehended or punished, but not wordes. Non sunt hæc iam parentis dicta. Terent. Dictum, idem quod Prouerbium, siue Adagium. Teren. A prouerb.

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.,

II. In partic.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.).

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.,

B. Precepts, rules, e. g. for gladiators, Suet. Caes. 26; for mimes, Juv. 5, 122.