dialectica

dialectica

See also: dialéctica

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dĭălektĭkḗ)bor.
Latin dialectica

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dĭălektĭkḗ).

    Noun

    dialectica f (genitive dialecticae); first declension

    1. dialectics

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dialectica dialecticae
    genitive dialecticae dialecticārum
    dative dialecticae dialecticīs
    accusative dialecticam dialecticās
    ablative dialecticā dialecticīs
    vocative dialectica dialecticae

    Alternative forms

    Descendants

    • French: dialectique

    Adjective

    dialectica

    1. inflection of dialecticus:
      1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
      2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

    Adjective

    dialecticā

    1. ablative feminine singular of dialecticus

    References

    • “dialectica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “dialectica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “dialectica”, 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
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