dialogus

See also: dialógus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈa.lo.ɡus/, [d̪iˈäɫ̪ɔɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.lo.ɡus/, [d̪iˈäːloɡus]

Noun

dialogus m (genitive dialogī); second declension

1. discussion, conversation, dialogue

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dialogus	dialogī
Genitive	dialogī	dialogōrum
Dative	dialogō	dialogīs
Accusative	dialogum	dialogōs
Ablative	dialogō	dialogīs
Vocative	dialoge	dialogī

Descendants

• Catalan: diàleg
• Old French: dialoge
  • → Middle English: dialog
    • English: dialogue
  • French: dialogue
• Galician: diálogo
• → German: Dialog
• Italian: dialogo
• Occitan: dialòg
• Portuguese: diálogo
• Spanish: diálogo

References

• “dialogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dialogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dialogus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dialogus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers