different between dictum vs averment
dictum
English
Etymology
From Latin dictum (“proverb, maxim”), from dictus (“having been said”), perfect passive participle of dico (“I say”). Compare Spanish dicho (“saying”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?d?k.t?m/
Noun
dictum (plural dicta or dictums)
- An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- An arbitrament or award.
See also
- ipse dixit
Translations
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?dik.tum/, [?d??kt????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?dik.tum/, [?d?ikt?um]
Etymology 1
Neuter form of dictus (“said, spoken”), past passive participle of d?c? (“to say, to speak”).
Noun
dictum n (genitive dict?); second declension
- a word, saying, something said
- proverb, maxim, saw
- bon mot, witticism
- Synonym: dict?rium
- verse, poetry
- a prophesy, prediction
- order, command
- promise, assurance
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- dictum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dictum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dictum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- dictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
dictum
- inflection of dictus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Verb
dictum
- accusative supine of d?c?
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dictum n (definite singular dictumet, indefinite plural dicta or dictum, definite plural dicta or dictaa or dictai or dictuma or dictumi)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by diktum
Spanish
Noun
dictum m (plural dictums)
- dictum
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averment
English
Etymology
From Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, averement, from averer (Modern French avérer).
Noun
averment (countable and uncountable, plural averments)
- The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
- And for some of these averments, he added, substantiating proof was not far.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
- verification; establishment by evidence.
- A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
Synonyms
- (act of averring): affirmation, asseveration, assertion, declaration
References
- averment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- averment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Vanmeter
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