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dicaculus

dicaculus · adj

Talkative, loquacious

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Where it lives

De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k

What it meant

dĭcācŭlus — Lewis & Short

dĭcācŭlus, a, um, adj.id.. *

I Talkative, loquacious: amatrix, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 8.—

II Facetious, witty (perh. only in Appul.): puella (with lepida), Ap. M. 2, p. 118, 2: sermo, id. ib. 3, 135, 9.—Adv.: dĭcācŭlē, keenly, satirically, facetiously: dixerat probrum, Ap. M. 1, p. 106, 20: tractabat lurconem, id. ib. 8, p. 213, 6.

Where it came from

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