Lewis & Short

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dĭcax, ācis, adj. [1. dico], talking sharply, satirical, sarcastic, acute, witty (class.): Demosthenes non tam dicax fuit quam facetus. Est autem illud acrioris ingenii, hoc majoris artis, Cic. Or. 26, 90; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 21; so with facetus, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221; id. Cael. 28, 67; with venustus and urbanus, *Catull. 22, 2; with lascivus, Caelius in Quint. 6, 3, 41; with cavillator, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 15 et saep.: Satyri, Hor. A. P. 225: dicax in aliquem, Cic. Phil. 2, 31 fin.: argutia, Gell. 12, 2 et saep.
Comp., Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 244; Liv. 32, 34, 3.
Sup., Petr. 113, 12.
Adv. does not occur.