dicta

[ dik-tuh ]

noun

a plural of dictum.

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From here on, he was a philosopher, a sage, and his interviews were stuffed full of dicta, parables and eternal paradoxes.
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Although such concerns only appear as dicta in Baby Girl, there is no question that they are present.
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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.
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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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