dialecticus

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /di.aˈlek.ti.kus/, [di.aˈɫɛk.tɪ.kʊs]

Adjective

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

  1. dialectical
  2. logical
  3. reasoning

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative dialecticus dialectica dialecticum dialecticī dialecticae dialectica
genitive dialecticī dialecticae dialecticī dialecticōrum dialecticārum dialecticōrum
dative dialecticō dialecticō dialecticīs
accusative dialecticum dialecticam dialecticum dialecticōs dialecticās dialectica
ablative dialecticō dialecticā dialecticō dialecticīs
vocative dialectice dialectica dialecticum dialecticī dialecticae dialectica

Noun

dialecticus m (genitive dialecticī); second declension

  1. dialectician
  2. logician

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dialecticus dialecticī
genitive dialecticī dialecticōrum
dative dialecticō dialecticīs
accusative dialecticum dialecticōs
ablative dialecticō dialecticīs
vocative dialectice dialecticī

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, 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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