dictare

It was called dictare as opposed to scribere, i.e. the mere material execution of such documents.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Caesar did himself infinite hurt in that speech, Sylla nescivit literas, non potuit dictare; for it did utterly cut off that hope, which men had entertained, that he would at one time or other give over his dictatorship.

The Essays 2007

Question about the etymology- although 'dight' surely does look derived from 'dictare', can't it also be some variant of 'decked'?

languagehat.com: DIGHT. 2005

Orbilium dictare: sed emendata videri pulchraque et exactis minimum distantia miror. '

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

Cæsar did himself infinite hurt in that speech, Sylla nescivit literas, non potuit dictare [Sylla was no scholar, he could not dictate]; for it did utterly cut off that hope which men had entertained, that he would at one time or other give over his dictatorship.

XV. Of Seditions and Troubles 1909

Function: noun Etymology: Latin, from dictare Date: 14th century 1 a: a person granted absolute emergency power; especially: one appointed by the senate of ancient Rome b: one holding complete autocratic control c: one ruling absolutely and often oppressively 2: one that dictates

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Magis igitnr yerisimi - lis sententia Hieronjmi, qoamvis et baec nimia matoram ejos mortem videa - tar dictare. l'ilIemontias in annom Hadriani XVI.

Doctrina numorum veterum 1792