dixi
English
Etymology
From Latin dixi (“I have spoken.”).
Interjection
dixi
- An utterance signifying the end of a speech.
- 1912, Constance Garnett (translating Dostoevsky), The Brothers Karamazov, Part II, Book V, Chapter 5:
- "For if anyone has ever deserved our fires, it is Thou. To-morrow I shall burn Thee. Dixi."
Dutch
Noun
dixi m (plural dixi's, diminutive [please provide])
- portable toilet
- 2024, Liz Hartevelt, Contrast[1], Ambo/Anthos, →ISBN, page 3:
- 'O, we hebben net seks gehad in die dixi daar.' Hij wijst met een stalen gezicht naar een oranje wc-hokje, achter een heleboel hekken die het festival van het backstagegebied scheiden.
- 'Oh, we just had sex in that portable toilet over there.' With a stern face he points to an orange portable toilet, behind a bunch of fences that separate the festival from the backstage area.
Latin
Etymology
The base is derived from the Proto-Italic verb *deikesi, more specifically the aorist, which has the base deiks-. Displaced the original perfect, *dedikai, which would have yielded *didicī.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiːk.siː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ik.si]
Verb
dīxī
- first-person singular perfect active indicative of dīcō