Iste, inquies, qui se dici divitem putat esse praeclarum, primum nunc videte, quo vultu nos intueatur: ... (IV. 63)
What's the structure of the qui-clause?
Should it be
qui(:=iste) putat [se dici esse divitem] esse praeclarum
who thinks [that himself is said to be rich] is fine
(sorry if I translate it weirdly for I am not native speaker of English)
if I changed the word order?
You understand the syntax correctly, although the fact that your translation isn't intelligible English leaves some doubt.
iste quī sē dīcī dīvitem putat esse praeclārum <=> “praeclārum est cum ego dīves dīcor” – sīc iste putat
The original translates to 'that guy, who thinks that him being called rich is a great thing'. There's no omitted esse in the dīcī-clause, it's a two-argument copular verb like fierī or vocārī: quī dīves fit/vocātur/dīcitur.
