discursus
English
Etymology
Latin . Doublet of discourse.
Noun
discursus (plural discursuses)
- (logic) argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for discursus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
From discurrō.
Noun
discursus m (genitive discursūs); fourth declension
- running about (or to and fro)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | discursus | discursūs |
| Genitive | discursūs | discursuum |
| Dative | discursuī | discursibus |
| Accusative | discursum | discursūs |
| Ablative | discursū | discursibus |
| Vocative | discursus | discursūs |
Related terms
- discurro
Descendants
- Catalan: discurs
- Dalmatian: discuars
- English: discourse
- French: discours
- Italian: discorso
- Portuguese: discurso
- Romanian: discurs
- Sardinian: discursu
- Spanish: discurso
- Welsh: sgwrs
References
- “discursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “discursus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- discursus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- discursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette