dialectice

Latin

Etymology 1

From dialecticus +‎ -ē.

Adverb

dialecticē (not comparable)

  1. dialectically

Adjective

dialectice

  1. vocative masculine singular of dialecticus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dĭălektĭkḗ).

Noun

dialecticē f (genitive dialecticēs); first declension

  1. alternative form of dialectica
Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

singular plural
nominative dialecticē dialecticae
genitive dialecticēs dialecticārum
dative dialecticae dialecticīs
accusative dialecticēn dialecticās
ablative dialecticē dialecticīs
vocative dialecticē dialecticae

References

  • “dialectice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dialectice”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “dialectice”, 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
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