syllogismus
See also: Syllogismus
English edit
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No worthy leader would avoid wartime military service. You used family influence to get into the National Guard. (Therefore, you are not a worthy leader.) |
Etymology edit
From Latin syllogismus (“syllogism”), from Ancient Greek συλλογισμός (sullogismós). Doublet of syllogism.
Noun edit
syllogismus (usually uncountable, plural syllogismi)
- (rhetoric) Omission of the conclusion of a syllogistic argument.
See also edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek συλλογισμός (sullogismós, “inference, conclusion”).
Noun edit
syllogismus m (genitive syllogismī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | syllogismus | syllogismī |
| Genitive | syllogismī | syllogismōrum |
| Dative | syllogismō | syllogismīs |
| Accusative | syllogismum | syllogismōs |
| Ablative | syllogismō | syllogismīs |
| Vocative | syllogisme | syllogismī |
References edit
- “syllogismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- syllogismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.