dictata

Latin

Etymology

From dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“repeat, dictate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dikˈtaː.ta/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪äːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈta.ta/, [d̪ikˈt̪äːt̪ä]

Noun

dictāta n pl (genitive dictātōrum); second declension

1. dictation, lessons, exercises

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	dictāta
genitive	dictātōrum
dative	dictātīs
accusative	dictāta
ablative	dictātīs
vocative	dictāta

Participle

dictāta

1. inflection of dictātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

dictātā

1. ablative feminine singular of dictātus

References

• “dictata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dictata”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dictata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• dictata in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016