About Report a problem

Menu

διαλεκτικός

διαλεκτικός, skilled in logical argument

Could not find διαλεκτικόν in Logeion dictionaries.

διαλεκτικόν masculine accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of διαλεκτικός

See διαλεκτικόν in Morpho

διαλεκτ-ικός, ή, όν,
  • conversational, χορός Demetr. Eloc. 167.
      • 2 δ. ὄργανα organs of articulate speech, opp. φωνητικά, Gal. 16.204.
    • II skilled in dialectic, ὁ ἐρωτᾶν καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι ἐπιστάμενος Pl. Cra. 390c; ἦ καὶ δ. καλεῖς τὸν λόγον ἑκάστου λαμβάνοντα τῆς οὐσίας; Id. R. 534b; dialectical, Arist. Metaph. 995b23; δ. συλλογισμός Id. Top. 100a22; πρὸς τοὺς δ., title of work by Metrodorus, D.L. 10.24, cf. Phld. Rh. 1.279 S., al.
    • III ἡ διαλεκτική (sc. τέχνη) dialectic, discussion by question and answer, invented by Zeno of Elea, Arist. Fr. 65; philosophical method, ὥσπερ θριγκὸς τοῖς μαθήμασιν ἡ δ. ἐπάνω κεῖται Pl. R. 534e: τὸ -κόν Id. Sph. 253e; περὶ -κῆς, title of work by Cleanthes, D.L. 7.174.
      • 2 the logic of probabilities, ἡ δ. πειραστικὴ περὶ ὧν ἡ φιλοσοφία γνωριστική Arist. Metaph. 1004b25, cf. Rh. 1354a1.
    • IV Adv. -κῶς dialectically, Pl. Phlb. 17a, etc.; for the sake of argument, opp. κατʼ ἀλήθειαν, Arist. Top. 105b31, cf. de An. 403a2; by argument on general principles, opp. scientifically, Phld. Rh. 2.134 S., Mus. p.89 K.: Comp. -ώτερον Pl. Men. 75d; more logically, Dam. Pr. 97.

Saved

Recent