enthymema
English
Noun
enthymema (plural enthymemas)
- Alternative form of enthymeme
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα (enthúmēma, “thought, consideration”), from ἐνθῡμέομαι (enthūméomai, “to consider, infer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /en.tʰyːˈmeː.ma/, [ɛn̪t̪ʰyːˈmeːmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /en.tiˈme.ma/, [en̪t̪iˈmɛːmä]
Noun
enthȳmēma n (genitive enthȳmēmatis); third declension
- (rhetoric) a logical argument, piece of reasoning; an enthymeme
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | enthȳmēma | enthȳmēmata |
| Genitive | enthȳmēmatis | enthȳmēmatum |
| Dative | enthȳmēmatī | enthȳmēmatibus |
| Accusative | enthȳmēma | enthȳmēmata |
| Ablative | enthȳmēmate | enthȳmēmatibus |
| Vocative | enthȳmēma | enthȳmēmata |
References
- “enthymema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “enthymema”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers