διαλεκτικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to have a conversation”) + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix): literally, “related to conversation”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.a.lek.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.a.lek.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.a.lek.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.a.lek.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.a.lek.tiˈkos/
Adjective
δῐᾰλεκτῐκός • (dialektikós) m (feminine δῐᾰλεκτῐκή, neuter δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν); first/second declension (Attic, Koine)
- (rare) Conversational
- 350 BCE – 280 BCE, Demetrius of Phalerum, On Style 167
- Skilled in dialectic
- 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 390c:
- Σωκράτης: τὸν δὲ ἐρωτᾶν καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι ἐπιστάμενον ἄλλο τι σὺ καλεῖς ἢ διαλεκτικόν;
- Sōkrátēs: tòn dè erōtân kaì apokrínesthai epistámenon állo ti sù kaleîs ḕ dialektikón?
- Socrates: And the one who knows how to ask questions and answer them – would you call him anything other than skilled in dialectic?
- Σωκράτης: τὸν δὲ ἐρωτᾶν καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι ἐπιστάμενον ἄλλο τι σὺ καλεῖς ἢ διαλεκτικόν;
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 534b
- Dialectical
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 995b.23
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Topics 100a.22
- 3rd century AD, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 10.24
Inflection
First and second declension of δῐᾰλεκτῐκός; δῐᾰλεκτῐκή; δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | δῐᾰλεκτῐκός dialektikós | δῐᾰλεκτῐκή dialektikḗ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν dialektikón | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώ dialektikṓ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκᾱ́ dialektikā́ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώ dialektikṓ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοί dialektikoí | δῐᾰλεκτῐκαί dialektikaí | δῐᾰλεκτῐκᾰ́ dialektiká | |||||
Genitive | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῦ dialektikoû | δῐᾰλεκτῐκῆς dialektikês | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῦ dialektikoû | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῖν dialektikoîn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκαῖν dialektikaîn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῖν dialektikoîn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκῶν dialektikôn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκῶν dialektikôn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκῶν dialektikôn | |||||
Dative | δῐᾰλεκτῐκῷ dialektikôi | δῐᾰλεκτῐκῇ dialektikêi | δῐᾰλεκτῐκῷ dialektikôi | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῖν dialektikoîn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκαῖν dialektikaîn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῖν dialektikoîn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῖς dialektikoîs | δῐᾰλεκτῐκαῖς dialektikaîs | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοῖς dialektikoîs | |||||
Accusative | δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν dialektikón | δῐᾰλεκτῐκήν dialektikḗn | δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν dialektikón | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώ dialektikṓ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκᾱ́ dialektikā́ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώ dialektikṓ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκούς dialektikoús | δῐᾰλεκτῐκᾱ́ς dialektikā́s | δῐᾰλεκτῐκᾰ́ dialektiká | |||||
Vocative | δῐᾰλεκτῐκέ dialektiké | δῐᾰλεκτῐκή dialektikḗ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν dialektikón | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώ dialektikṓ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκᾱ́ dialektikā́ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώ dialektikṓ | δῐᾰλεκτῐκοί dialektikoí | δῐᾰλεκτῐκαί dialektikaí | δῐᾰλεκτῐκᾰ́ dialektiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐᾰλεκτῐκῶς dialektikôs | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώτερος dialektikṓteros | δῐᾰλεκτῐκώτᾰτος dialektikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dialektikḗ)
References
- “διαλεκτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press