dialecticus

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.

Ancient Greek διά (diá)

Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti

Proto-Hellenic *légō

Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)

Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκός (dĭălektĭkós)bor.

Latin dialecticus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκός (dĭălektĭkós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [di.aˈɫɛk.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di.aˈlɛk.ti.kus]

Adjective

dialecticus (feminine dialectica, neuter dialecticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dialectical
2. logical
3. reasoning

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dialecticus	dialectica	dialecticum		dialecticī	dialecticae	dialectica
genitive	dialecticī	dialecticae	dialecticī		dialecticōrum	dialecticārum	dialecticōrum
dative	dialecticō	dialecticae	dialecticō		dialecticīs
accusative	dialecticum	dialecticam	dialecticum		dialecticōs	dialecticās	dialectica
ablative	dialecticō	dialecticā	dialecticō		dialecticīs
vocative	dialectice	dialectica	dialecticum		dialecticī	dialecticae	dialectica

Descendants

• French: dialectique

Noun

dialecticus m (genitive dialecticī); second declension

1. dialectician
2. logician

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dialecticus	dialecticī
genitive	dialecticī	dialecticōrum
dative	dialecticō	dialecticīs
accusative	dialecticum	dialecticōs
ablative	dialecticō	dialecticīs
vocative	dialectice	dialecticī

Related terms

• dialectica f

References

• “dialecticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dialecticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dialecticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
    
  • (ambiguous) an accomplished dialectician: homo in dialecticis versatissimus
    
  • (ambiguous) to be ignorant of even the elements of logic: dialecticis ne imbutum quidem esse