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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

• Dum haec tacitus mecum volverem, apparuit Rebecca veniens cum hydria, quam portabat in scapula; descenditque ad fontem et hausit aquam. Et aio ad eam: Da mihi paululum bibere. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Genesis, 24 24:45)

  제가 마음속으로 말을 마치기도 전에, 레베카가 어깨에 물동이를 메고 나와 샘터로 내려가서 물을 길었습니다. 그래서 제가 그에게 ‘물을 마시게 해 주오.’ 하였더니, (불가타 성경, 창세기, 24장 24:45)

• Et perspexi atque surrexi, et aio ad optimates et magistratus et ad reliquam partem vulgi: " Nolite timere a facie eorum; Domini magni et terribilis mementote et pugnate pro fratribus vestris, filiis vestris et filiabus vestris et uxoribus vestris et domibus vestris ". (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Nehemiae, 4 4:8)

  나는 두루 살펴보고 난 다음에 앞으로 나가, 귀족들과 관리들과 나머지 백성에게 말하였다. “저들을 두려워하지 말고, 위대하고 경외로우신 주님을 생각하십시오. 여러분의 형제들과 아들딸들과 아내, 그리고 여러분의 집을 위하여 싸우십시오.” (불가타 성경, 느헤미야기, 4장 4:8)

• Et caede completa, remansi ego ruique super faciem meam et clamans aio: "Heu, Domine Deus! Ergone disperdes omnes reliquias Israel, effundens furorem tuum super Ierusalem? ". (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Prophetia Ezechielis, 9 9:8)

  그들이 사람들을 쳐 죽이는 동안, 홀로 남은 나는 얼굴을 땅에 대고 엎드려 부르짖었다. “아, 주 하느님! 예루살렘에다 이렇듯 화를 쏟으시어, 이스라엘의 남은 자들을 모두 파멸시키실 작정이십니까?” (불가타 성경, 에제키엘서, 9장 9:8)

• Et respondi et aio ad angelum, qui loquebatur in me, dicens: "Quid sunt haec, domine mi?". (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Prophetia Zachariae, 4 4:4)

  (불가타 성경, 즈카르야서, 4장 4:4)

• 'Habes pretium, loris non ureris', aio. (EPISTVLARVM LIBER PRIMVS, XVI 16:25)

  (호라티우스의 첫번째 편지, 16 16:25)

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