dixi

English

Etymology

From Latin dixi (“I have spoken.”).

Interjection

dixi

1. 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."

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.

Verb

dīxī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of dīcō