Reconstruction:Latin/dire

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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

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Etymology

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Syncopation of dīcere, perhaps by analogy with audīre and fāre (from facere).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*dīre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. present active infinitive of dīcō

References

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  • Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 408