διαλεκτικός

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

δῐᾰλεκτῐκός • (dĭălektĭkós) m (feminine δῐᾰλεκτῐκή, neuter δῐᾰλεκτῐκόν); first/second declension (Attic, Koine)

1. (rare) Conversational
   • 350 BCE – 280 BCE, Demetrius of Phalerum, On Style 167
2. 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
3. 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

• δῐᾰλεκτῐκή (dĭălektĭkḗ)

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

• IPA^(key): /ði̯a.le.ktiˈkos/, /ðʝa.le.ktiˈkos/
• Hyphenation: δι‧α‧λε‧κτι‧κός

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διαλεκτικός (dialektikós).^[1]

διαλεκτικός • (dialektikós) m (feminine διαλεκτική, neuter διαλεκτικό)

1. dialectical (of or pertaining to dialectic)

Learnedly from διάλεκτ(ος) (diálekt(os)) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), a calque of French dialectal.^[1]

διαλεκτικός • (dialektikós) m (feminine διαλεκτική, neuter διαλεκτικό)

1. (linguistics) dialectal