dialogus

See also: dialógus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.

Ancient Greek διά (diá)

Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti

Proto-Hellenic *légō

Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)

Ancient Greek διαλέγω (dialégō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos)bor.

Latin dialogus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [diˈa.ɫɔ.ɡʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [diˈaː.lo.ɡus]

Noun

dialogus m (genitive dialogī); second declension

1. discussion, conversation, dialogue

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dialogus	dialogī
genitive	dialogī	dialogōrum
dative	dialogō	dialogīs
accusative	dialogum	dialogōs
ablative	dialogō	dialogīs
vocative	dialoge	dialogī

Descendants

• Catalan: diàleg
• Old French: dialoge
  • → Middle English: dialog
    • English: dialogue
  • Middle French: dialogue
    • French: dialogue
• Galician: diálogo
• → German: Dialog
• Italian: dialogo
• Occitan: dialòg
• Portuguese: diálogo
• Spanish: diálogo

References

• “dialogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dialogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dialogus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dialogus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers