Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek διχότομος (dikhótomos, cut in half), from δίχα (díkha, apart) + τέμνω (témnō, I cut).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

dichotomos (neuter dichotomon); second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type)

  1. dichotomous, bipartite

Declension edit

Second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dichotomos dichotomon dichotomoe dichotoma
Genitive dichotomī dichotomōrum
Dative dichotomō dichotomīs
Accusative dichotomon dichotomōs dichotoma
Ablative dichotomō dichotomīs
Vocative dichotome dichotomon dichotomoe dichotoma

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: dichotomous

References edit

  • dichotomos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dichotomos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette