διαλεκτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to have a conversation”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix): literally, “related to conversation”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.lek.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.a.lek.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.lek.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.lek.tiˈkos/
(15^th 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?
- 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 CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 10.24

Inflection

First and second declension of δῐᾰλεκτῐκός; δῐᾰλεκτῐκή; δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Derived forms	δῐᾰλεκτῐκῶς dialektikôs			δῐᾰλεκτῐκώτερος dialektikṓteros			δῐᾰλεκτῐκώτᾰτος dialektikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dialektikḗ)

References

“διαλεκτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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