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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I discuss”) + -τος (-tos), from δῐᾰ́ (diá, “through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.á.lek.tos/ → /ðiˈa.lek.tos/ → /ðiˈa.lek.tos/
Noun
δῐᾰ́λεκτος • (diálektos) f (genitive δῐᾰλέκτου); second declension
- discourse, conversation
- manner of speech, language
- dialect, accent
Declension
Descendants
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 (2006–2024)
- 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.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (diálektos).
Noun
διάλεκτος • (diálektos) f (plural διάλεκτοι or διάλεκτες)
- dialect (of a language)
Declension