The corpus record — Latin

dicterium

dicterium · n

a witty saying, a bon-mot

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Where it lives

Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

dictērĭum — Lewis & Short

dictērĭum, ii, n., = deikth/rion,

I a witty saying, a bon-mot (pure Lat. dictum). —Plur., Pompcn. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1, 14; Varr. ap. Non. 101, 3: dicteria dicere in omnes, Mart. 6, 44, 3.

In the wild

dicteria Martial, Epigrammata 6.44.3

Where it came from

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