διάλεκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I discuss”) +‎ -τος (-tos), from δῐᾰ́ (diá, “through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).

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 • (diálektos) f (genitive δῐᾰλέκτου); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́λεκτος; τῆς δῐᾰλέκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́λεκτος hē diálektos	τὼ δῐᾰλέκτω tṑ dialéktō	αἱ δῐᾰ́λεκτοι hai diálektoi
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰλέκτου tês dialéktou	τοῖν δῐᾰλέκτοιν toîn dialéktoin	τῶν δῐᾰλέκτων tôn dialéktōn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰλέκτῳ têi dialéktōi	τοῖν δῐᾰλέκτοιν toîn dialéktoin	ταῖς δῐᾰλέκτοις taîs dialéktois
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́λεκτον tḕn diálekton	τὼ δῐᾰλέκτω tṑ dialéktō	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰλέκτους tā̀s dialéktous
Vocative	δῐᾰ́λεκτε diálekte	δῐᾰλέκτω dialéktō	δῐᾰ́λεκτοι diálektoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάλεκτος (diálektos)
• Latin: dialectos

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 (2006–2024)
• 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.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (diálektos).

Noun

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

1. dialect (of a language)

Declension

Declension of διάλεκτος

	singular	plural
nominative	διάλεκτος •	διάλεκτοι •
genitive	διαλέκτου •	διαλέκτων •
accusative	διάλεκτο •	διαλέκτους •
vocative	διάλεκτε •,  διάλεκτο •	διάλεκτοι •
There is an alternative nominative and accusative plural: διάλεκτες •