dictamen
English
Etymology
Latin dictāmen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪkˈteɪ.mən/
Noun
dictamen (plural dictamina or dictamens)
- (rare) A dictation or dictate.
- 1871, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, R. S., S. J., transl., Of Adoration in Spirit and Truth:
- The spirit is not bound to follow the laws and dictamens of the flesh
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Anagrams
- medicant
Latin
Etymology
From dictō (“I dictate”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dikˈtaː.men/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪äːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dikˈta.men/, [d̪ikˈt̪äːmen]
Noun
dictāmen n (genitive dictāminis); third declension
- dictation
- a dictate
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dictāmen | dictāmina |
| Genitive | dictāminis | dictāminum |
| Dative | dictāminī | dictāminibus |
| Accusative | dictāmen | dictāmina |
| Ablative | dictāmine | dictāminibus |
| Vocative | dictāmen | dictāmina |
Descendants
- English: dictamen
- French: dictamen
- Spanish: dictamen
- Portuguese: ditame
References
- “dictamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dictamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Etymology
Latin dictāmen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diɡˈtamen/ [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪a.mẽn]
- Rhymes: -amen
- Syllabification: dic‧ta‧men
Noun
dictamen m (plural dictámenes)
- report
- (law) report
Derived terms
- dictaminar
Further reading
- “dictamen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014