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dictātūra , ae, f. id..
I. The office of a dictator, dictatorship, Cic. Phil. 1, 1 fin.; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; * Caes. B. C. 3, 2; Liv. 6, 39; 7, 3 fin.; Quint. 3, 8, 53; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Aug. 52 et saep.—*
II. The work of dictating to pupils; only in a play upon the double meaning in the sentence: Sullam nescisse litteras, qui dictaturam deposuerit, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 77.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Philippics, 1.1
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 77
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 52
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 76
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 39
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 8.53
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