dialecticus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlek.ti.kus/, [d̪iäˈɫ̪ɛkt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlek.ti.kus/, [d̪iäˈlɛkt̪ikus]

Adjective

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

1. dialectical
2. logical
3. reasoning

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dialecticus	dialecticī
Genitive	dialecticī	dialecticōrum
Dative	dialecticō	dialecticīs
Accusative	dialecticum	dialecticōs
Ablative	dialecticō	dialecticīs
Vocative	dialectice	dialecticī

Related terms

• dialectica f

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^[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