διάλεκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to discuss”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.lek.tos/ → /ðiˈa.lek.tos/ → /ðiˈa.lek.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.lek.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.lek.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lek.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lek.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lek.tos/

Noun

δῐᾰ́λεκτος • (dĭắlektos) f (genitive δῐᾰλέκτου); second declension

1. discourse, conversation
2. manner of speech, language
3. dialect, accent

   ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος ― hē koinḕ diálektos ― the common dialect

Declension

Second declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́λεκτος; τῆς δῐᾰλέκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́λεκτος hē dĭắlektos	τὼ δῐᾰλέκτω tṑ dĭăléktō	αἱ δῐᾰ́λεκτοι hai dĭắlektoi
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰλέκτου tês dĭăléktou	τοῖν δῐᾰλέκτοιν toîn dĭăléktoin	τῶν δῐᾰλέκτων tôn dĭăléktōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰλέκτῳ tēî dĭăléktōi	τοῖν δῐᾰλέκτοιν toîn dĭăléktoin	ταῖς δῐᾰλέκτοις taîs dĭăléktois
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́λεκτον tḕn dĭắlekton	τὼ δῐᾰλέκτω tṑ dĭăléktō	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰλέκτους tā̀s dĭăléktous
Vocative	δῐᾰ́λεκτε dĭắlekte	δῐᾰλέκτω dĭăléktō	δῐᾰ́λεκτοι dĭắlektoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάλεκτος (diálektos)
• → Latin: dialectos (see there for further descendants)

References

• “διάλεκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάλεκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάλεκτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• διάλεκτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• G1258 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conversation idem, page 173.
  • discussion idem, page 232.
  • speaking idem, page 799.
  • speech idem, page 800.
  • talk idem, page 854.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos).

Noun

διάλεκτος • (diálektos) f (plural διάλεκτοι or διάλεκτες)

1. dialect (of a language)

Declension

Declension of διάλεκτος

	singular	plural
nominative	διάλεκτος (diálektos)	διάλεκτοι (diálektoi)
genitive	διαλέκτου (dialéktou)	διαλέκτων (dialékton)
accusative	διάλεκτο (diálekto)	διαλέκτους (dialéktous)
vocative	διάλεκτε (diálekte) διάλεκτο (diálekto)	διάλεκτοι (diálektoi)

There is an alternative nominative and accusative plural: διάλεκτες (diálektes)