enthymema

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English

Noun

enthymema (plural enthymemas)

  1. Alternative form of enthymeme

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα (enthúmēma, “thought, consideration”), from ἐνθῡμέομαι (enthūméomai, “to consider, infer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

enthȳmēma n (genitive enthȳmēmatis); third declension

  1. (rhetoric) a logical argument, piece of reasoning; an enthymeme

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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
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