διάλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαλέγω (dialégō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.lo.ɡos/ → /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/ → /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/

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

Noun

δῐᾰ́λογος • (dĭắlogos) m (genitive δῐᾰλόγου); second declension

1. conversation, dialogue

Declension

Second declension of ὁ δῐᾰ́λογος; τοῦ δῐᾰλόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῐᾰ́λογος ho dĭắlogos	τὼ δῐᾰλόγω tṑ dĭălógō	οἱ δῐᾰ́λογοι hoi dĭắlogoi
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰλόγου toû dĭălógou	τοῖν δῐᾰλόγοιν toîn dĭălógoin	τῶν δῐᾰλόγων tôn dĭălógōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰλόγῳ tōî dĭălógōi	τοῖν δῐᾰλόγοιν toîn dĭălógoin	τοῖς δῐᾰλόγοις toîs dĭălógois
Accusative	τὸν δῐᾰ́λογον tòn dĭắlogon	τὼ δῐᾰλόγω tṑ dĭălógō	τοὺς δῐᾰλόγους toùs dĭălógous
Vocative	δῐᾰ́λογε dĭắloge	δῐᾰλόγω dĭălógō	δῐᾰ́λογοι dĭắlogoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάλογος (diálogos)
• → Latin: dialogus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “διάλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάλογος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “διάλογος” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chat idem, page 127.
  • conversation idem, page 173.
  • dialogue idem, page 222.
  • discourse idem, page 231.
  • talk idem, page 854.
• διάλογος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/

Noun

διάλογος • (diálogos) m (plural διάλογοι)

1. dialogue

Declension

Declension of διάλογος

	singular	plural
nominative	διάλογος (diálogos)	διάλογοι (diálogoi)
genitive	διαλόγου (dialógou)	διαλόγων (dialógon)
accusative	διάλογο (diálogo)	διαλόγους (dialógous)
vocative	διάλογε (diáloge)	διάλογοι (diálogoi)

Further reading

• διάλογος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language