dialectice

dialectice

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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 *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-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
Latin -ē
Latin dialecticē

    From dialecticus + -ē.

    Adverb

    dialecticē (not comparable)

    1. dialectically

    Adjective

    dialectice

    1. vocative masculine singular of dialecticus

    Etymology 2

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

      Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dĭălektĭkḗ).

      Noun

      dialecticē f (genitive dialecticēs); first declension

      1. alternative form of dialectica
      Declension

      First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

      singular plural
      nominative dialecticē dialecticae
      genitive dialecticēs dialecticārum
      dative dialecticae dialecticīs
      accusative dialecticēn dialecticās
      ablative dialecticē dialecticīs
      vocative dialecticē dialecticae

      References

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