dialectica

See also: dialéctica

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dĭălektĭkḗ).

Noun

dialectica f (genitive dialecticae); first declension

1. dialectics

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dialectica	dialecticae
genitive	dialecticae	dialecticārum
dative	dialecticae	dialecticīs
accusative	dialecticam	dialecticās
ablative	dialecticā	dialecticīs
vocative	dialectica	dialecticae

Alternative forms

• dialecticē

Related terms

• dialecticus

Descendants

• French: dialectique

Adjective

dialectica

1. inflection of dialecticus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

dialecticā

1. ablative feminine singular of dialecticus

References

• “dialectica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dialectica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dialectica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
    
  • (ambiguous) an accomplished dialectician: homo in dialecticis versatissimus
    
  • (ambiguous) to be ignorant of even the elements of logic: dialecticis ne imbutum quidem esse