# dica
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin de hinc ad, cognate with Galician deica and Asturian dica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdika/
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: di‧ca

### Preposition

dica
* until, till (time)
* to, up to (place)
* up to (amount)

#### Derived terms

* dica ara/agora
* dica dimpués
* dica luego
* dica manyana

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* deica
* dicá
* diquiá
* diaquí

### Etymology

From Latin de hinc ad, cognate with Galician deica and Aragonese dica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdika/, [ˈd̪i.ka]
* Rhymes: -ka
* Hyphenation: di‧ca

### Preposition

dica
* from here to
    Foi dica'l cruceHe went from here to the cross
* from now until

#### Derived terms

* diquiá poco
* diquiá un poco

## Italian
### Verb

dica
* inflection of dire:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* -cida, Ciad, cadi, cadì

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (díkē, “custom; order; judgement”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdi.ka/, [ˈd̪ɪkä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.ka/, [ˈd̪iːkä]

#### Noun

dica f (genitive dicae); first declension
* (law) trial, lawsuit, prosecution

##### Declension

First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | dica | dicae |
| Genitive | dicae | dicārum |
| Dative | dicae | dicīs |
| Accusative | dicam | dicās |
| Ablative | dicā | dicīs |
| Vocative | dica | dicae |

##### Derived terms

* dicam scribō

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdi.kaː/, [ˈd̪ɪkäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.ka/, [ˈd̪iːkä]

#### Verb

dicā
* second-person singular present active imperative of dicō

### References

* “dica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “dica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* dica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* dica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) so to speak (used to modify a figurative expression): ut ita dicam (ambiguous) not to mention..: ut non (nihil) dicam de... (ambiguous) to say nothing further on..: ut plura non dicam (ambiguous) not to say... (used in avoiding a stronger expression): ne dicam (ambiguous) to say the least..: ne (quid) gravius dicam (ambiguous) to put it briefly: ut breviter dicam (ambiguous) to use the mildest expression: ut levissime dicam (opp. ut gravissimo verbo utar) (ambiguous) to express myself more plainly: ut planius dicam (ambiguous) to put it more exactly: ut verius dicam (ambiguous) to say once for all: ut semel or in perpetuum dicam (ambiguous) I will give you my true opinion: dicam quod sentio (ambiguous) this I have to say: haec habeo dicere or habeo quae dicam (ambiguous) there is something in what you say; you are more or less right: aliquid (τι) dicis (opp. nihil dicis) (ambiguous) what do you mean: quorsum haec (dicis)? (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Originated in Brazilian Portuguese. Ultimately from indicar (“to indicate”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdi.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -ikɐ
* Hyphenation: di‧ca
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dica f (plural dicas)
* tip (piece of helpful information)