dicta

From here on, he was a philosopher, a sage, and his interviews were stuffed full of dicta, parables and eternal paradoxes.
What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers|Nik Cohn|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Although such concerns only appear as dicta in Baby Girl, there is no question that they are present.
Close Call for Native American Rights in Ruling on Baby Girl|Marcia Zug|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sed dicta puella semper fuit opinionis quod opportebat ire Remis.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
It might be said of these two societies, as was said of Demosthenes and Themistocles, 'Illius dicta, hujus facta magis valebant.
Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica|James Boswell

Vitatur etiam duriorum inter se congressus, unde pellexit et collegit, et qu alio loco dicta sunt.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
Enatum inde monumentum aere perennius, licet passim appareant sinistre dicta, minus perfecta, veritati non satis consentanea.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings|Edward Gibbon
Que Germania sic dicta erat, quia instar ramorum germinancium ab arbore, sic nomen regnaque germania nuncupantur.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for dicta

dicta

/ (ˈdɪktə) /

noun

a plural of dictum

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