English edit

Noun edit

enthymema (plural enthymemas)

  1. Alternative form of enthymeme

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα (enthúmēma, thought, consideration), from ἐνθῡμέομαι (enthūméomai, to consider, infer).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

enthȳmēma n (genitive enthȳmēmatis); third declension

  1. (rhetoric) a logical argument, piece of reasoning; an enthymeme

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative enthȳmēma enthȳmēmata
Genitive enthȳmēmatis enthȳmēmatum
Dative enthȳmēmatī enthȳmēmatibus
Accusative enthȳmēma enthȳmēmata
Ablative enthȳmēmate enthȳmēmatibus
Vocative enthȳmēma enthȳmēmata

References edit

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