enthymema

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English

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Noun

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enthymema (plural enthymemas)

  1. Alternative form of enthymeme

Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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enthȳmēma n (genitive enthȳmēmatis); third declension

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

Declension

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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

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  • 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