Again an expression which needs attention. One finds 2277 times in the Opera Omnia the two words quasi dicat, that is as if he were saying. And about that, the additional remark is that the expression is mainly (95 %) used in biblical commentaries. This...

Deinde cum dicit This expression begins to appear in the Opera Omnia in the part entitled Commentaria. Thomas speaks of the author of the commented text and the three words are followed by a short quotation of the text in order to be unambiguous, as Thomas...