dialectos
Asturian
Noun
dialectos
- plural of dialectu
Latin
Alternative forms
- dialectus
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (diálektos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di.aˈlek.tos/, [d̪iäˈɫ̪ɛkt̪ɔs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.aˈlek.tos/, [d̪iäˈlɛkt̪os]
Noun
dialectos f (genitive dialectī); second declension
- a dialect (a form of a language peculiar to a region) (esp. Greek)
- c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, Vita Divi Tiberii 56:[1]
- Nihilo lenior in convictores Graeculos, quibus vel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegavit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi veterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.
- He was not a whit milder towards his Greek companions, in whose society he took special pleasure. When one Xeno was holding forth in somewhat far-fetched phrases, he asked him what dialect that was which was so affected, and on Xeno's replying that it was Doric, he banished him to Cinaria, believing that he was being taunted with his old-time exile, inasmuch as the Rhodians spoke Doric.
- Nihilo lenior in convictores Graeculos, quibus vel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegavit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi veterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.
Usage notes
- Nouns of feminine gender are relatively rare in this declension; dialectos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek word διάλεκτος.
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dialectos | dialectī |
| Genitive | dialectī | dialectōrum |
| Dative | dialectō | dialectīs |
| Accusative | dialecton | dialectōs |
| Ablative | dialectō | dialectīs |
| Vocative | dialecte | dialectī |
Descendants
- → Asturian: dialectu m
- Asturian: dialeutu
- → Catalan: dialecte m
- → German: Dialekt m
- Istriot: gialìto m
- Italian: dialetto m
- → Middle French: dialecte m
- French: dialecte
- → Romanian: dialect
- → Turkish: diyalekt
- → English: dialect
- French: dialecte
- → Norman: dgialecte m
- → Occitan: dialècte m
- Piedmontese: dialèt m
- → Portuguese: dialecto m
- Portuguese: dialeto
- Sardinian: dialetu m
- Sicilian: dialettu m
- Sicilian: rialettu
- → Spanish: dialecto m
- Venetian: diałeto m
References
- “dĭălectos or -us”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- (-us) dĭălectŏs (-us) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 518/1
- dialectos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 15.04.04) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “dialectos” on page 536/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Thayer, Bill (unknown date), “Suetonius' Twelve Caesars”, in LacusCurtius, retrieved 2020-02-15
Portuguese
Noun
dialectos
- plural of dialecto
Spanish
Noun
dialectos m pl
- plural of dialecto