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1. 말하다, 이야기하다, 확언하다, 말씀하다, 주장하다, 인정하다, 단언하다

1. I say, I assert, I say yes, I say no, I affirm, I assent

예문

• "Sic aiens crystallo dedolatum vasculum, insuper ei graviora comminata, tradidit." (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 6 1:102)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 6권 1:102)

• Et quanto factis minus poterat, tanto verbis intemperantior quascunque poterat excogitare contumelias in regem Carolum effudit, aiens eum inter omnes sub sole homines esse maxime perfidum, illumque monstrum quoddam peperisse ex raptu adulterio commistum. (FRANCIS BACON, HISTORIA REGNI HENRICI SEPTIMI REGIS ANGLIAE, CAPITULUM QUINTUM 1:4)

  (, , 1:4)

• 10. Rex, cum de obsidione Exoniae per Perkinum nuncium accepisset, lusu rem exceipt, aiens ad eos qui circa eum erant regem nebulonem in Angliam occidentalem appulisse, seque iam tandem in spe esse honore conspectus eius fruendi, quod hactenus facere nequiverat. (FRANCIS BACON, HISTORIA REGNI HENRICI SEPTIMI REGIS ANGLIAE, CAPITULUM OCTAVUM 10:1)

  (, , 10:1)

• Et ait Deus: "Germinet terra herbam virentem et herbam facientem semen et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum iuxta genus suum, cuius semen in semetipso sit super terram". Et factum est ita. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Genesis, 1 1:11)

  하느님께서 말씀하시기를 “땅은 푸른 싹을 돋게 하여라. 씨를 맺는 풀과 씨 있는 과일나무를 제 종류대로 땅 위에 돋게 하여라.” 하시자, 그대로 되었다. (불가타 성경, 창세기, 1장 1:11)

• Et ait Deus: "Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram; et praesint piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et bestiis universaeque terrae omnique reptili, quod movetur in terra". (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Genesis, 1 1:26)

  하느님께서 말씀하셨다. “우리와 비슷하게 우리 모습으로 사람을 만들자. 그래서 그가 바다의 물고기와 하늘의 새와 집짐승과 온갖 들짐승과 땅을 기어 다니는 온갖 것을 다스리게 하자.” (불가타 성경, 창세기, 1장 1:26)

유의어 사전

1. Dicere denotes to say, as conveying information, in reference to the hearer, in opp. to tacere, like the neutral word loqui. Cic. Rull. ii. 1. Ver. ii. 1, 71, 86. Plin. Ep. iv. 20. vii. 6, like λέγειν; but aio expresses an affirmation, with reference to the speaker, in opp. to nego. Cic. Off. iii. 23. Plaut. Rud. ii. 4, 14. Terent. Eun. ii. 2, 21, like φάναι. 2. Ait is in construction with an indirect form of speech, and therefore generally governs an infinitive; whereas inquit is in construction with a direct form of speech, and therefore admits an indicative, imperative, or conjunctive. 3. Aio denotes the simple affirmation of a proposition by merely expressing it, whereas asseverare, affirmare, contendere, denote an emphatic affirmation; asseverare is to affirm in earnest, in opp. to a jocular, or even light affirmation, jocari. Cic. Brut. 85; affirmare, to affirm as certain, in opp. to doubts and rumors, dubitare, Divin. ii. 3, 8; contendere, to affirm against contradiction, and to maintain one’s opinion, in opp. to yielding it up, or renouncing it. 4. Dicere (δεῖξαι) denotes to say, without any accessory notion, whereas loqui (λακεῖν), as a transitive verb, with the contemptuous accessory notion that that which is said is mere idle talk. Cic. Att. xiv. 4. Horribile est quæ loquantur, quæ minitentur. 5. Loqui denotes speaking in general; fabulari, a good-humored, or, at least, pleasant mode of speaking, to pass away the time, in which no heed is taken of the substance and import of what is said, like λαλεῖν; lastly, dicere, as a neuter verb, denotes a speech prepared according to the rules of art, a studied speech, particularly from the rostrum, like λέγειν. Liv. xlv. 39. Tu, centurio, miles, quid de imperatore Paulo senatus decreverit potius quam quid Sergio Galba fabuletur audi, et hoc dicere me potius quam illum audi; ille nihil præterquam loqui, et id ipsum maledice et maligne didicit. Cic. Brut. 58. Scipio sane mihi bene et loqui videtur et dicere. Orat. iii. 10. Neque enim conamur docere eum dicere qui loqui nesciat. Orat. 32. Muren. 34, 71. Suet. Cl. 4. Qui tam ἀσαφῶς loquatur, qui possit quum declamat σαφῶς dicere quæ dicenda sunt non video. 6. Fari (φάναι) denotes speaking, as the mechanical use of the organs of speech to articulate sounds and words, nearly in opp. to infantem esse; whereas loqui (λακεῖν), as the means of giving utterance to one’s thoughts, in opp. to tacere. And as fari may be sometimes limited to the utterance of single words, it easily combines with the image of an unusual, imposing, oracular brevity, as in the decrees of fate, fati; whereas loqui, as a usual mode of speaking, is applicable to excess in speaking, loquacitas. (iv. 1.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein