In some of the vital records of Itri, Italy, I found such a phrase as Ciccarelli dico Riccardi. What I was told is this: the scribe made an error when writing the first surname(Ciccarelli) and meant to write the second surname(Riccardi). Can any one verify that this is the meaning of dico in this phrase? thank you

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 19:22:26 -0400, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: >In some of the vital records of Itri, Italy, I found such a phrase as >Ciccarelli dico Riccardi. What I was told is this: the scribe made an error >when writing the first surname(Ciccarelli) and meant to write the second >surname(Riccardi). Can any one verify that this is the meaning of dico in >this phrase? >thank you It probably means 'alias'. It was not unusual people got nicknamed with different surnames from their original one :) Dico could be 'dicto'