διάλεκτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I discuss”) + -τος (-tos), from δῐᾰ́ (diá, “through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.lek.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.lek.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.lek.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.lek.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.lek.tos/
Noun
δῐᾰ́λεκτος • (diálektos) f (genitive δῐᾰλέκτου); second declension
- discourse, conversation
- manner of speech, language
- dialect, accent
Declension
Second declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́λεκτος; τῆς δῐᾰλέκτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δῐᾰ́λεκτος hē diálektos | τὼ δῐᾰλέκτω tṑ dialéktō | αἱ δῐᾰ́λεκτοι hai diálektoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δῐᾰλέκτου tês dialéktou | τοῖν δῐᾰλέκτοιν toîn dialéktoin | τῶν δῐᾰλέκτων tôn dialéktōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δῐᾰλέκτῳ têi dialéktōi | τοῖν δῐᾰλέκτοιν toîn dialéktoin | ταῖς δῐᾰλέκτοις taîs dialéktois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δῐᾰ́λεκτον tḕn diálekton | τὼ δῐᾰλέκτω tṑ dialéktō | τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰλέκτους tā̀s dialéktous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰ́λεκτε diálekte | δῐᾰλέκτω dialéktō | δῐᾰ́λεκτοι diálektoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: διάλεκτος (diálektos)
- Latin: dialectos
References
- “διάλεκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάλεκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διάλεκτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- διάλεκτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G1258 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conversation idem, page 173.
- discussion idem, page 232.
- speaking idem, page 799.
- speech idem, page 800.
- talk idem, page 854.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (diálektos).
Noun
διάλεκτος • (diálektos) f (plural διάλεκτοι or διάλεκτες)
- dialect (of a language)
Declension
declension of διάλεκτος
case \\ number | singular | plural | |
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nominative | διάλεκτος • | διάλεκτοι • | |
genitive | διαλέκτου • | διαλέκτων • | |
accusative | διάλεκτο • | διαλέκτους • | |
vocative | διάλεκτε • διάλεκτο • | διάλεκτοι • | |
There is an alternative nominative and accusative plural: διάλεκτες • |