Dictum

Noun

 * 1) An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
 * 2) * 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
 * ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
 * 1) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
 * 2) The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
 * 3) An arbitrament or award.

Adjectives for Dictum
energetic; famous; harsh; bold; brisk; final.

Synonyms for Dictum
pronouncement, judgment, maxim, decision, statement, saying, command.

Thesaurus
Parthian shot, a priori truth, action, adage, address, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, ana, analects, announcement, annunciation, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, appointment, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, award, axiom, brevet, brocard, bull, byword, canon, catchword, code, collected sayings, commandment, comment, conclusion, condemnation, consideration, convention, crack, creed, current saying, decision, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, dictate, diktat, distich, doom, edict, edictum, enunciation, epigram, exclamation, expression, fiat, finding, form, formula, general principle, gnome, golden rule, golden saying, greeting, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, interjection, ipse dixit, law, manifesto, maxim, mention, mitzvah, moral, mot, motto, norm, note, observation, oracle, order, ordinance, ordonnance, phrase, pithy saying, position, position paper, positive declaration, postulate, precedent, precept, predicate, predication, prescript, principium, principle, proclamation, profession, prognosis, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, question, reflection, regulation, remark, rescript, resolution, rubric, rule, ruling, saw, say, say-so, saying, self-evident truth, senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, sententious expression, settled principle, sloka, stance, stand, standard, statement, stock saying, subjoinder, sutra, teaching, tenet, text, theorem, thought, truism, truth, ukase, universal truth, utterance, verdict, verse, vouch, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, working principle, working rule

Etymology
From dictum:.

Etymology
From dico:.

Noun

 * 1) a word, saying, something said
 * 2) proverb, maxim
 * 3) bon mot, witticism
 * 4) verse, poetry
 * 5) a prophesy, prediction
 * 6) order, command
 * 7) promise, assurance

Synonyms

 * dictērium

Related terms

 * dīcō
 * dictābolārium
 * dictāmen
 * dictāta
 * dictātiō
 * dictātiuncula


 * dictātor
 * dictātōrius
 * dictātrīx
 * dictātūra
 * dictiō


 * dictiōnārium
 * dictiōsus
 * dictitō
 * dictō
 * dictus

Descendants

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